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... coast of Asia .... 129 Lysander appointed command- er of the Peloponnesian fleet .. 129 126 Interview between Cyrus and Mindarus , the Lacedæmonian Lysander . 129 admiral , defeated at Cynos- Alcibiades intrusts the fleet to sema . 127 ...
... coast of Asia .... 129 Lysander appointed command- er of the Peloponnesian fleet .. 129 126 Interview between Cyrus and Mindarus , the Lacedæmonian Lysander . 129 admiral , defeated at Cynos- Alcibiades intrusts the fleet to sema . 127 ...
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... coast through the narrow pass of Thermopyla , between the sea and a lofty range of mountains . The district along the coast was inhabited by the eastern Locrians , while to their west were Doris and Phocis , the greater part of the ...
... coast through the narrow pass of Thermopyla , between the sea and a lofty range of mountains . The district along the coast was inhabited by the eastern Locrians , while to their west were Doris and Phocis , the greater part of the ...
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... coast . South of these groups are the large islands of Crete and Rhodes . The physical features of the country exercised an important in- fluence upon the political destinies of the people . Greece is one of the most mountainous ...
... coast . South of these groups are the large islands of Crete and Rhodes . The physical features of the country exercised an important in- fluence upon the political destinies of the people . Greece is one of the most mountainous ...
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... coast of the gulf were favourable to their en- terprise . Oxylus , king of the Ætolians , became their guide ; and from Naupactus they crossed over to Peloponnesus . A single bat- tle decided the contest . Tisamenus , the son of Orestes ...
... coast of the gulf were favourable to their en- terprise . Oxylus , king of the Ætolians , became their guide ; and from Naupactus they crossed over to Peloponnesus . A single bat- tle decided the contest . Tisamenus , the son of Orestes ...
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... coast , and the site usual- ly selected contained a hill sufficiently lofty to form an acropolis . The Grecian colonies may be arranged in four groups : 1. Those founded in Asia Minor and the adjoining islands ; 2. Those in the western ...
... coast , and the site usual- ly selected contained a hill sufficiently lofty to form an acropolis . The Grecian colonies may be arranged in four groups : 1. Those founded in Asia Minor and the adjoining islands ; 2. Those in the western ...
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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.