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... Change of government in Greece Cecrops . from royalty to oligarchy and democracy . Theseus 27 Codrus Abolition of royalty 28 Life Archons .. 00020806 B.C. 752. Decennial Archons .. 683. Annual Archons : their viii CONTENTS .
... Change of government in Greece Cecrops . from royalty to oligarchy and democracy . Theseus 27 Codrus Abolition of royalty 28 Life Archons .. 00020806 B.C. 752. Decennial Archons .. 683. Annual Archons : their viii CONTENTS .
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... oligarchy after the tution the first certain date in Athenian history ... Twofold division of the Athe- time of Solon .. 33 29 Special laws of Solon . nians : .... 29 Renewal of the civil dissen- sions of Attica 1. Eupatridæ , Geomori ...
... oligarchy after the tution the first certain date in Athenian history ... Twofold division of the Athe- time of Solon .. 33 29 Special laws of Solon . nians : .... 29 Renewal of the civil dissen- sions of Attica 1. Eupatridæ , Geomori ...
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... oligarchy at Athens Progress of the oligarchical conspiracy at Athens 124 Capture of Cyzicus by the Athenians , and second de- feat of the Lacedæmonians at Abydos 127 of Alcibiades by Tissapher- nes : his escape . 127 Signal defeat of ...
... oligarchy at Athens Progress of the oligarchical conspiracy at Athens 124 Capture of Cyzicus by the Athenians , and second de- feat of the Lacedæmonians at Abydos 127 of Alcibiades by Tissapher- nes : his escape . 127 Signal defeat of ...
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... oligarchy , in which the kings and the senate , as well as the people , were alike subject to the irresponsible authority of the five Ephors . The most important part of the legislation of Lycurgus did not relate to the political ...
... oligarchy , in which the kings and the senate , as well as the people , were alike subject to the irresponsible authority of the five Ephors . The most important part of the legislation of Lycurgus did not relate to the political ...
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... Oligarchy , or the government of the Few . mocracy , or the government of the Many , was of later growth . It was not from the people that the oligarchies received their first and greatest blow . They were generally overthrown by the ...
... Oligarchy , or the government of the Few . mocracy , or the government of the Many , was of later growth . It was not from the people that the oligarchies received their first and greatest blow . They were generally overthrown by the ...
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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.