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... Sardis : overthrow of the Lydian monarchy 424 . 46 Capture of Miletus and term- ination of the revolt . 50 492 . Expedition of Mardonius into Greece .. 51 46 490 . 46 Expedition of Datis and Arta- phernes .. 51 46 521-485 . Reign of ...
... Sardis : overthrow of the Lydian monarchy 424 . 46 Capture of Miletus and term- ination of the revolt . 50 492 . Expedition of Mardonius into Greece .. 51 46 490 . 46 Expedition of Datis and Arta- phernes .. 51 46 521-485 . Reign of ...
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... Sardis .. 141 17 Route of the Ten Thousand . 143 26 A Greek warrior 149 27 Corinth restored , viewed from the 39 Acrocorinthus 155 Ocre ( greaves ) 165 40 Coin of Syracuse . 171 Plato . 174 41 Demosthenes . 175 Coin of Alexander the ...
... Sardis .. 141 17 Route of the Ten Thousand . 143 26 A Greek warrior 149 27 Corinth restored , viewed from the 39 Acrocorinthus 155 Ocre ( greaves ) 165 40 Coin of Syracuse . 171 Plato . 174 41 Demosthenes . 175 Coin of Alexander the ...
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... SARDIS o EPHESUS . MEANDER CARIA . HALICARNASSUS ONIDUS RHODES Map of the chief Greek Colonies in Asia Minor . islands of Rhodes and Cos . Most of these colonies. 40 CHAP . VI . HISTORY OF GREECE . Heraclidæ who led Dorians.
... SARDIS o EPHESUS . MEANDER CARIA . HALICARNASSUS ONIDUS RHODES Map of the chief Greek Colonies in Asia Minor . islands of Rhodes and Cos . Most of these colonies. 40 CHAP . VI . HISTORY OF GREECE . Heraclidæ who led Dorians.
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... Sardis was the capital . Croesus , the last and most powerful of the Lydian kings , who ascended the throne B.C. 560 , conquered in succession all the Grecian cities on the coast . His rule , however , was not oppress ive , and he ...
... Sardis was the capital . Croesus , the last and most powerful of the Lydian kings , who ascended the throne B.C. 560 , conquered in succession all the Grecian cities on the coast . His rule , however , was not oppress ive , and he ...
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... Sardis , and deprived Croesus of his throne ( B.c. 546 ) . The fall of Croesus was followed by the subjection of the Greek cities in Asia to the Persian yoke . They offered a brave but inef- fectual resistance , and were taken one after ...
... Sardis , and deprived Croesus of his throne ( B.c. 546 ) . The fall of Croesus was followed by the subjection of the Greek cities in Asia to the Persian yoke . They offered a brave but inef- fectual resistance , and were taken one after ...
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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.