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Page xi
... Defeated by Themistocles Fortification of Piræus .. Farther proceedings against the Persians Misconduct of Pausanias . The maritime supremacy trans- ferred to the Athenians Confederacy of Delos .. height : their foreign posses sions ...
... Defeated by Themistocles Fortification of Piræus .. Farther proceedings against the Persians Misconduct of Pausanias . The maritime supremacy trans- ferred to the Athenians Confederacy of Delos .. height : their foreign posses sions ...
Page xiii
... defeated at Cynos- Alcibiades intrusts the fleet to sema . 127 Antiochus ... 130 army refuses to recognize the new government . Alcibiades joins the democracy at Samos , and is elected one of the Athenian generals ... 126 Overthrow of ...
... defeated at Cynos- Alcibiades intrusts the fleet to sema . 127 Antiochus ... 130 army refuses to recognize the new government . Alcibiades joins the democracy at Samos , and is elected one of the Athenian generals ... 126 Overthrow of ...
Page xiv
... defeats Conon at Mytilēné , and blockades the town . The Athenians send a large fleet Battle of Arginusæ : defeat and death of Callicratidas ... 131 404 . Accusation and condemnation of the Athenian generals ... 132 131 pointment of ...
... defeats Conon at Mytilēné , and blockades the town . The Athenians send a large fleet Battle of Arginusæ : defeat and death of Callicratidas ... 131 404 . Accusation and condemnation of the Athenian generals ... 132 131 pointment of ...
Page xv
... defeats Tissaphernes 152 Death of Tissaphernes , who is 379 . succeeded by Tithraustes 152 334. Agesilaus recalled home .. 152 Pelopidas .. Intrigues of Tithraustes in Greece .. 152 War between Sparta and Thebes 152 The Athenians join ...
... defeats Tissaphernes 152 Death of Tissaphernes , who is 379 . succeeded by Tithraustes 152 334. Agesilaus recalled home .. 152 Pelopidas .. Intrigues of Tithraustes in Greece .. 152 War between Sparta and Thebes 152 The Athenians join ...
Page xvi
... defeats the Cartha- ginians at the Crimesus .... 174 His moderation ... 172 339 . 172 174 353. Assassination of Dion .. ...... 173 366 . His popularity and death 174 356. Dion expela Dionysius from Syracuse .. 173 173 CHAPTER XIX ...
... defeats the Cartha- ginians at the Crimesus .... 174 His moderation ... 172 339 . 172 174 353. Assassination of Dion .. ...... 173 366 . His popularity and death 174 356. Dion expela Dionysius from Syracuse .. 173 173 CHAPTER XIX ...
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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.