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... Greeks from Troy ... 8 Achæans Foreign settlers in Greece .. 5 5 State of Society in the Heroic Age . The King .. 9 ... Greek alphabet .. Heroic age : its supposed length .. Hercules 5 6 6 Three classes : noble , common freemen ...
... Greeks from Troy ... 8 Achæans Foreign settlers in Greece .. 5 5 State of Society in the Heroic Age . The King .. 9 ... Greek alphabet .. Heroic age : its supposed length .. Hercules 5 6 6 Three classes : noble , common freemen ...
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... GREEK COLONIES . Ties which bound the Greek people together .... Community of blood and language Community of religious rites and ceremonies Amphictyonic Olympic Games .. Council : its places and times of meeting . Pythian Games ...
... GREEK COLONIES . Ties which bound the Greek people together .... Community of blood and language Community of religious rites and ceremonies Amphictyonic Olympic Games .. Council : its places and times of meeting . Pythian Games ...
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... GREEK COLONIES . CHAPTER VII . THE PERSIAN WARS - FROM THE IONIC. B.C. 752. Decennial Archons .. 683. Annual Archons : their insti- Page 29 The Athenian government con- tinues an ... Greeks 45 46 B.C. 560. Kingdom CONTENTS . ix.
... GREEK COLONIES . CHAPTER VII . THE PERSIAN WARS - FROM THE IONIC. B.C. 752. Decennial Archons .. 683. Annual Archons : their insti- Page 29 The Athenian government con- tinues an ... Greeks 45 46 B.C. 560. Kingdom CONTENTS . ix.
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... Greeks 45 46 B.C. 560. Kingdom of Lydia : accession of Croesus .. The Medes and Persians 559-529 . Reign of Cyrus .. Page B.C. Page Death of Aristagoras and His- tiæus ... 50 46 495 . Defeat of the Ionian fleet at Ladé 50 546. Capture ...
... Greeks 45 46 B.C. 560. Kingdom of Lydia : accession of Croesus .. The Medes and Persians 559-529 . Reign of Cyrus .. Page B.C. Page Death of Aristagoras and His- tiæus ... 50 46 495 . Defeat of the Ionian fleet at Ladé 50 546. Capture ...
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... Greeks into Boeotia ..... Battle of Platea . 66 Division of the booty 67 Battle of Mycal 479. Preparations of ... Greek tragedy . Satyric drama . CONTENTS . xi.
... Greeks into Boeotia ..... Battle of Platea . 66 Division of the booty 67 Battle of Mycal 479. Preparations of ... Greek tragedy . Satyric drama . CONTENTS . xi.
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Page 159 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus should belong to him. He also thinks it just to leave all the other Grecian cities, both small and great, independent — except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros, which are to belong to Athens, as of old.
Page 101 - Oppressed at once by war and pestilence, their lands desolated, their homes filled with mourning, it is not surprising that the Athenians were seized with rage and despair, or that they vented their anger on Pericles, whom they deemed the author of their misfortunes. But that statesman still adhered to his plans with unshaken firmness. Though the Lacedaemonians were in Attica, though the plague had already seized on Athens, he was vigorously pushing his plans of offensive operations.
Page 140 - Pli&do of Plato. With a firm and cheerful countenance he drank the cup of hemlock amidst his sorrowing and weeping friends. His last words were addressed to Crito : — " Crito, we owe a cock to ^Esculapius ;* discharge the debt, and by no means omit it.
Page 34 - Solon was the only man, who, without fear or shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots.