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... took part in the expedition . Among them were Hercules and Theseus , as well as the principal leaders in the Trojan war ; but Jason is the central figure and the real hero of the enterprise . Upon arriving at Æa , after many adventures ...
... took part in the expedition . Among them were Hercules and Theseus , as well as the principal leaders in the Trojan war ; but Jason is the central figure and the real hero of the enterprise . Upon arriving at Æa , after many adventures ...
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... took part in the contest , encouraging their favourite heroes , and sometimes fighting by their side or in their stead . It was not till the tenth year of the war that Troy yielded to the inevitable decree of fate ; and it is this year ...
... took part in the contest , encouraging their favourite heroes , and sometimes fighting by their side or in their stead . It was not till the tenth year of the war that Troy yielded to the inevitable decree of fate ; and it is this year ...
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... took more delight in the lays of the minstrel than in the exciting influence of the wine . The wives and daughters of the chiefs , in like manner , did not deem it beneath them to discharge various duties which were after- wards ...
... took more delight in the lays of the minstrel than in the exciting influence of the wine . The wives and daughters of the chiefs , in like manner , did not deem it beneath them to discharge various duties which were after- wards ...
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... took her seat upon a tripod which was placed over the chasm . The ascending vapour affected her brain , and the words which she uttered in this excited condi- tion were believed to be the answer of Apollo to his worshippers . They were ...
... took her seat upon a tripod which was placed over the chasm . The ascending vapour affected her brain , and the words which she uttered in this excited condi- tion were believed to be the answer of Apollo to his worshippers . They were ...
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... took possession of the country , which con- tinued henceforth to be inhabited by the Achæans , and to be called after them . The Ionians withdrew to Attica , and the greater part of them afterwards emigrated to Asia Minor . The ...
... took possession of the country , which con- tinued henceforth to be inhabited by the Achæans , and to be called after them . The Ionians withdrew to Attica , and the greater part of them afterwards emigrated to Asia Minor . 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.