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... SALAMIS , And Platra , B. C. 480-479 . TINN 2 : : : XIII 3 Page B.C. CHAPTER IX . FROM THE END OF THE. Conquest of ... Salamis .. 62 57 Flight of the Athenians from their city 58 63 53 63 64 60 Treachery of Ephialtes : a de ...
... SALAMIS , And Platra , B. C. 480-479 . TINN 2 : : : XIII 3 Page B.C. CHAPTER IX . FROM THE END OF THE. Conquest of ... Salamis .. 62 57 Flight of the Athenians from their city 58 63 53 63 64 60 Treachery of Ephialtes : a de ...
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... Salamis in Cyprus . The Social War 217 217 . Peace between Philip and the 209 Etolians 217 216 . War between Philip and the 210 Romans . 218 305. He besieges Rhodes ... 210 213 . Death of Aratus . 218 301. Battle of Ipsus 210 209 ...
... Salamis in Cyprus . The Social War 217 217 . Peace between Philip and the 209 Etolians 217 216 . War between Philip and the 210 Romans . 218 305. He besieges Rhodes ... 210 213 . Death of Aratus . 218 301. Battle of Ipsus 210 209 ...
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... Salamis .. The Parthenon in its present state . Athens restored , from the Pnyx ... Temple of Niké Apteros ( the Wing- less Victory ) on the Acropolis at Athens . Plan of Athens .. Ruins of the temple of the Olympian Zeus The Theseum ...
... Salamis .. The Parthenon in its present state . Athens restored , from the Pnyx ... Temple of Niké Apteros ( the Wing- less Victory ) on the Acropolis at Athens . Plan of Athens .. Ruins of the temple of the Olympian Zeus The Theseum ...
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... Salamis , which he had won for the Athenian people . Pisistratus , however , did not retain his power long . The leaders of the factions of the Shore and the Plain combined , and drove the usurper into exile . But the Shore and the ...
... Salamis , which he had won for the Athenian people . Pisistratus , however , did not retain his power long . The leaders of the factions of the Shore and the Plain combined , and drove the usurper into exile . But the Shore and the ...
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... ch Callimachus ; the hoplites were arranged in the order of their tribes , so that the members of. Plan of the Battle of Marathon . Plan of the Battle of Salamis . B.C.490 . 53 BATTLE OF MARATHON . 489 Battle of Marathon.
... ch Callimachus ; the hoplites were arranged in the order of their tribes , so that the members of. Plan of the Battle of Marathon . Plan of the Battle of Salamis . B.C.490 . 53 BATTLE OF MARATHON . 489 Battle of Marathon.
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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.