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... called the Peace of Nicias 104 421 . 104 327. Capture of Platæa , and destruc- tion of the city ... 103 110 CHAPTER XII . THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR .-- SECOND PERIOD , FROM THE PEACE OF NICIAS TO the Defeat of THE ATHENIANS IN SICILY , B.C. ...
... called the Peace of Nicias 104 421 . 104 327. Capture of Platæa , and destruc- tion of the city ... 103 110 CHAPTER XII . THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR .-- SECOND PERIOD , FROM THE PEACE OF NICIAS TO the Defeat of THE ATHENIANS IN SICILY , B.C. ...
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... called their land Hellas , and themselves Hellenes . first the word Hellas signified only a small district in Thessaly , from which the Hellenes gradually spread over the whole country . The A names of Greece and Greeks come to us from ...
... called their land Hellas , and themselves Hellenes . first the word Hellas signified only a small district in Thessaly , from which the Hellenes gradually spread over the whole country . The A names of Greece and Greeks come to us from ...
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... branch out 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.
... branch out 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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... called the Cyclades , lying around Delos as a centre ; and east of these were the Sporades , near the Asiatic coast . South of these groups are the large islands of Crete and Rhodes . The physical features of the country exercised an ...
... called the Cyclades , lying around Delos as a centre ; and east of these were the Sporades , near the Asiatic coast . South of these groups are the large islands of Crete and Rhodes . The physical features of the country exercised an ...
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... called Cadmea , which afterwards became the citadel of Thebes , as the 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 ...
... called Cadmea , which afterwards became the citadel of Thebes , as the 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 ...
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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.