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... dominion , and cleared the sea of pirates . The voyage of the Argonauts and the Trojan war were the most memorable enterprises undertaken by collective bodies of heroes . The Argonauts derived their name from the Argo , a ship built for ...
... dominion , and cleared the sea of pirates . The voyage of the Argonauts and the Trojan war were the most memorable enterprises undertaken by collective bodies of heroes . The Argonauts derived their name from the Argo , a ship built for ...
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... dominion in Euboea , and at the same time to provide for their poorer citizens , the Athenians distributed the estates of the wealthy Chalcidian landowners among 4000 of their citizens , who settled in the country under the name of ...
... dominion in Euboea , and at the same time to provide for their poorer citizens , the Athenians distributed the estates of the wealthy Chalcidian landowners among 4000 of their citizens , who settled in the country under the name of ...
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... dominion of Ionia , as well as of the islands in the Ægean . The Lacedæmonians , who had invaded the island at the invitation of the Samian exiles , for the purpose of overthrowing his govern- ment , were obliged to retire , after ...
... dominion of Ionia , as well as of the islands in the Ægean . The Lacedæmonians , who had invaded the island at the invitation of the Samian exiles , for the purpose of overthrowing his govern- ment , were obliged to retire , after ...
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... dominion . Xerxes was highly delighted with this letter , and sent a reply in which he urged Pausanias to pursue his project night and day , and promised to supply him with all the money and troops that might be needful for its ...
... dominion . Xerxes was highly delighted with this letter , and sent a reply in which he urged Pausanias to pursue his project night and day , and promised to supply him with all the money and troops that might be needful for its ...
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... dominion gained by the Athenians , whose pretensions were assisted by the imprudence of the allies . Many of the smaller states belonging to the confederacy , wearied with perpetual hostilities , commuted for a money payment the ships ...
... dominion gained by the Athenians , whose pretensions were assisted by the imprudence of the allies . Many of the smaller states belonging to the confederacy , wearied with perpetual hostilities , commuted for a money payment the ships ...
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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.