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... Party struggles at Athens be- tween Clisthenes and Isagoras 36 Reforms of Clisthenes : estab- lishment of the Athenian de- ****** 1 3 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 mocracy 36 Mountains , and the Shores . 31 Institution of 10 new tribes ...
... Party struggles at Athens be- tween Clisthenes and Isagoras 36 Reforms of Clisthenes : estab- lishment of the Athenian de- ****** 1 3 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 mocracy 36 Mountains , and the Shores . 31 Institution of 10 new tribes ...
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... parties at Athens .... Changes in the constitution .. 72 of affairs at Athens .. 72 His public buildings .. 72 Intellectual activity at Ath- Misconduct of Themistocles 73 His ostracism 73 456. , Themistocles flies to Persia .. His death ...
... parties at Athens .... Changes in the constitution .. 72 of affairs at Athens .. 72 His public buildings .. 72 Intellectual activity at Ath- Misconduct of Themistocles 73 His ostracism 73 456. , Themistocles flies to Persia .. His death ...
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... party at Thebes . 161 The Lacedæmonians are ex- pelled from the Cadmea .... 162 Alliance between the Thebans and Athenians Organization of the new Athe- nian confederacy • The Theban " Sacred Band " 162 Character of Epaminondas ... 163 ...
... party at Thebes . 161 The Lacedæmonians are ex- pelled from the Cadmea .... 162 Alliance between the Thebans and Athenians Organization of the new Athe- nian confederacy • The Theban " Sacred Band " 162 Character of Epaminondas ... 163 ...
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... parties longed for a termination to their present suffer- ings . Accordingly , the return of Lycurgus was hailed with delight , and he found the people ready and willing to submit to an entire change in their government and institutions ...
... parties longed for a termination to their present suffer- ings . Accordingly , the return of Lycurgus was hailed with delight , and he found the people ready and willing to submit to an entire change in their government and institutions ...
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... parties were willing to accept his mediation and reforms . Solon commenced his undertaking by relieving the poorer class of debtors from their existing distress . He cancelled all contracts by which the land or person of a debtor had ...
... parties were willing to accept his mediation and reforms . Solon commenced his undertaking by relieving the poorer class of debtors from their existing distress . He cancelled all contracts by which the land or person of a debtor had ...
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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.