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... Sicily .. 42 39 Magna Græcia 42 Division of the colonies into Sybaris and Croton . 42 four groups 39 Locri . 42 L Colonies in Asia Minor and Rhegium 42 the adjoining islands 39 Tarentum Eolic , Ionic , and Doric colonies .. Massalia in ...
... Sicily .. 42 39 Magna Græcia 42 Division of the colonies into Sybaris and Croton . 42 four groups 39 Locri . 42 L Colonies in Asia Minor and Rhegium 42 the adjoining islands 39 Tarentum Eolic , Ionic , and Doric colonies .. Massalia in ...
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... at- tempt upon Delphi .. Taking of Athens and arrival of the Persian fleet . Dissensions and debates of the Greeks ... Stratagem of Themistocles 02 63 66 2.C. Carthaginian expedition to Sicily ... March of Mardonius and X CONTENTS .
... at- tempt upon Delphi .. Taking of Athens and arrival of the Persian fleet . Dissensions and debates of the Greeks ... Stratagem of Themistocles 02 63 66 2.C. Carthaginian expedition to Sicily ... March of Mardonius and X CONTENTS .
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... Sicily ... March of Mardonius and the 66 Greeks into Boeotia ..... Battle of Platea . 66 Division of the booty 67 Battle of Mycal 479. Preparations of Mardonius for the campaign .. Mardonius occupies Athens .. Athenian embassy to Sparta ...
... Sicily ... March of Mardonius and the 66 Greeks into Boeotia ..... Battle of Platea . 66 Division of the booty 67 Battle of Mycal 479. Preparations of Mardonius for the campaign .. Mardonius occupies Athens .. Athenian embassy to Sparta ...
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... SICILY , B.C. 421-413 . 420. Twelfth Year . Dissatisfaction of the Spartan allies with the peace : new confederacy 111 Transactions between Sparta and Athens . 111 Character and policy of Alci- biades .. 111 He outwits the Lacedæmonians ...
... SICILY , B.C. 421-413 . 420. Twelfth Year . Dissatisfaction of the Spartan allies with the peace : new confederacy 111 Transactions between Sparta and Athens . 111 Character and policy of Alci- biades .. 111 He outwits the Lacedæmonians ...
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... Sicilian expedition ... Preparations at Athens : popu- lar delusion .. 114 113 Nicias seizes Epipolæ , and pro ... Sicily . 115 moon . 120 Alcibiades recalled home to stand his trial : he makes his escape .. 115 He takes refuge ...
... Sicilian expedition ... Preparations at Athens : popu- lar delusion .. 114 113 Nicias seizes Epipolæ , and pro ... Sicily . 115 moon . 120 Alcibiades recalled home to stand his trial : he makes his escape .. 115 He takes refuge ...
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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.