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... Syracusans .... 121 Retreat of the Athenians .. 121 Surrender of Nicias and De- 116 414. Eighteenth Year . Nicias lays siege to Syracuse 116 mosthenes ... 122 Their death and character ... 122 Total destruction of the Athe- nian ...
... Syracusans .... 121 Retreat of the Athenians .. 121 Surrender of Nicias and De- 116 414. Eighteenth Year . Nicias lays siege to Syracuse 116 mosthenes ... 122 Their death and character ... 122 Total destruction of the Athe- nian ...
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... Syracusans invoke the aid of Corinth .. 173 89. Visit of Plato to his court 172 Character of Timoleon 173 357. Death of the elder Dionysius , 172 and accession of the younger 172 343 . Second visit of Plato .. Banishment of Dion He ...
... Syracusans invoke the aid of Corinth .. 173 89. Visit of Plato to his court 172 Character of Timoleon 173 357. Death of the elder Dionysius , 172 and accession of the younger 172 343 . Second visit of Plato .. Banishment of Dion He ...
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... towards the sea . This central region , called Arcadia , is the Switzerland of the peninsula . It is surrounded by a ring of mountains , forming 2 CHAP . I. HISTORY OF GREECE . Pag! Corinth The Syracusans invoke the of Corinth.
... towards the sea . This central region , called Arcadia , is the Switzerland of the peninsula . It is surrounded by a ring of mountains , forming 2 CHAP . I. HISTORY OF GREECE . Pag! Corinth The Syracusans invoke the of Corinth.
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... Syracusans they lost the gallant Lamachus . At the same time , the Athenian fleet entered the Great Harbour , where it was henceforth permanently established . The northern wall was never LEON completed , and through the passage thus ...
... Syracusans they lost the gallant Lamachus . At the same time , the Athenian fleet entered the Great Harbour , where it was henceforth permanently established . The northern wall was never LEON completed , and through the passage thus ...
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... Syracusans were so sensible of their inferiority in the field that they no longer ventured to show themselves outside the walls . They began to contemplate surrender , and even sent mes- sages to Nicias to treat of the terms . This ...
... Syracusans were so sensible of their inferiority in the field that they no longer ventured to show themselves outside the walls . They began to contemplate surrender , and even sent mes- sages to Nicias to treat of the terms . This ...
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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.