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... Ptolemy in a sea- fight off Salamis in Cyprus . The Social War 217 217 . Peace between Philip and the 209 Etolians ... Ptolemy Ceraunus He is defeated by the Romans at the battle of Thermopyla 210 Subjugation of Sparta by the ...
... Ptolemy in a sea- fight off Salamis in Cyprus . The Social War 217 217 . Peace between Philip and the 209 Etolians ... Ptolemy Ceraunus He is defeated by the Romans at the battle of Thermopyla 210 Subjugation of Sparta by the ...
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... Ptolemy I. , Soter . 212 56 Coin of Seleucus . 213 59 Coin of Philip V. , King of Macedo- 65 nia ... 217 69 Coin of Perseus , King of Macedo- nia 220 Lyre , with seven strings 222 223 226 227 228 232 233 90 Menander 234 The propylæa ...
... Ptolemy I. , Soter . 212 56 Coin of Seleucus . 213 59 Coin of Philip V. , King of Macedo- 65 nia ... 217 69 Coin of Perseus , King of Macedo- nia 220 Lyre , with seven strings 222 223 226 227 228 232 233 90 Menander 234 The propylæa ...
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... Ptolemy ; and amongst the hostages given for the observance of this treaty was the youthful Philip , son of Amyntas , afterwards the celebrated King of Macedon , who remained for some years at Thebes . In the following year Pelopidas ...
... Ptolemy ; and amongst the hostages given for the observance of this treaty was the youthful Philip , son of Amyntas , afterwards the celebrated King of Macedon , who remained for some years at Thebes . In the following year Pelopidas ...
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... Ptolemy should preside over Egypt and the adjacent countries : that Antigonus should have Phrygia Proper , Lycia , and Pamphylia : that the Hellespontine Phrygia should be assigned to Leonnatus : that Eumenes should have the satrapy of ...
... Ptolemy should preside over Egypt and the adjacent countries : that Antigonus should have Phrygia Proper , Lycia , and Pamphylia : that the Hellespontine Phrygia should be assigned to Leonnatus : that Eumenes should have the satrapy of ...
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... Ptolemy . In the spring of B.C. 321 he accordingly set out on his march against Egypt , at the head of a formidable army , and ac- companied by Philip Arrhidæus , and Roxana and her infant son . He advanced without opposition as far as ...
... Ptolemy . In the spring of B.C. 321 he accordingly set out on his march against Egypt , at the head of a formidable army , and ac- companied by Philip Arrhidæus , and Roxana and her infant son . He advanced without opposition as far as ...
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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.