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... ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST . By STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND . PHILIP SMITH . Illustrated . $ 1 25 . HISTORY OF GREECE . By Dr. WILLIAM SMITH . Illustrated . $ 1 25 . COX'S GENERAL HISTORY OF GREECE . With Maps . $ 1 25 . LIDDELL'S ...
... ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST . By STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND . PHILIP SMITH . Illustrated . $ 1 25 . HISTORY OF GREECE . By Dr. WILLIAM SMITH . Illustrated . $ 1 25 . COX'S GENERAL HISTORY OF GREECE . With Maps . $ 1 25 . LIDDELL'S ...
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... Ancient bridge in Laconia .. Athena ( Minerva ) .. Site of Ephesus .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Asia Minor .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Sicily .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Southern Italy Tomb of Cyrus ... Plan ...
... Ancient bridge in Laconia .. Athena ( Minerva ) .. Site of Ephesus .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Asia Minor .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Sicily .. Map of the chief Greek colonies in Southern Italy Tomb of Cyrus ... Plan ...
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... ancients regarded the peninsula as an island , and gave to it the name of Peloponnesus , or the island of Pelops , from the mythical hero of this name . Its modern name , the Mo- rea , was bestowed upon it from its resemblance to the ...
... ancients regarded the peninsula as an island , and gave to it the name of Peloponnesus , or the island of Pelops , from the mythical hero of this name . Its modern name , the Mo- rea , was bestowed upon it from its resemblance to the ...
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... ancient inhabitants of Greece . They were spread over the Italian as well as the Grecian peninsula ; and the Pelasgic language thus formed the basis of the Latin as well as of the Greek . They were divided into several tribes , of which ...
... ancient inhabitants of Greece . They were spread over the Italian as well as the Grecian peninsula ; and the Pelasgic language thus formed the basis of the Latin as well as of the Greek . They were divided into several tribes , of which ...
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... ancient legends relate , cannot be de- termined ; but it is certain that the Greeks were indebted to the Phoenicians for the art of writing ; for both the names and the forms of the letters in the Greek alphabet are evidently derived ...
... ancient legends relate , cannot be de- termined ; but it is certain that the Greeks were indebted to the Phoenicians for the art of writing ; for both the names and the forms of the letters in the Greek alphabet are evidently derived ...
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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.