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... arrival of the Persian fleet Dissensions and debates of the Greeks .. Stratagem of Themistocles 63 63 63 64 Position of the hostile fleets .. 64 Battle of Salamis Defeat and flight of Xerxes 66 ་ྕ སྐྱ ཤྩ ཤྩ ཙྩ ¢ ༞ ༄ 61 62 62 62 62 C2 ...
... arrival of the Persian fleet Dissensions and debates of the Greeks .. Stratagem of Themistocles 63 63 63 64 Position of the hostile fleets .. 64 Battle of Salamis Defeat and flight of Xerxes 66 ་ྕ སྐྱ ཤྩ ཤྩ ཙྩ ¢ ༞ ༄ 61 62 62 62 62 C2 ...
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... Arrival of the Spartan general Gylippus ... 118 Change in the Athenian pros- 113 pects Nicias solicits re - enforcements 119 119 Demosthe- 114 nes sent with a large force to the assistance of Nicias .. 119 114 Reverses 120 General panic ...
... Arrival of the Spartan general Gylippus ... 118 Change in the Athenian pros- 113 pects Nicias solicits re - enforcements 119 119 Demosthe- 114 nes sent with a large force to the assistance of Nicias .. 119 114 Reverses 120 General panic ...
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... Arrival at Susa ... 199 mon .. 192 Intermarriages between the 831. He crosses the Euphrates 192 Battle of Gaugamela or Arbela 193 Flight of Darius .. 193 Babylon . Alexander takes possession of Macedonians and Persians .. 199 Mutiny of ...
... Arrival at Susa ... 199 mon .. 192 Intermarriages between the 831. He crosses the Euphrates 192 Battle of Gaugamela or Arbela 193 Flight of Darius .. 193 Babylon . Alexander takes possession of Macedonians and Persians .. 199 Mutiny of ...
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... Arrival of the Spartan general Gylippus .. 117 118 416. Sixteenth Year . Conquest of Change in the Athenian pros- 113 pects 118 111 Melos by the Athenians ... 415. Seventeenth Year . Origin of the Sicilian expedition ... Preparations at ...
... Arrival of the Spartan general Gylippus .. 117 118 416. Sixteenth Year . Conquest of Change in the Athenian pros- 113 pects 118 111 Melos by the Athenians ... 415. Seventeenth Year . Origin of the Sicilian expedition ... Preparations at ...
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... Arrival at Susa .. CHAPTER XXI . FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE CONQUEST OF GREECE BY THE ROMANS , B.C. 323-146 . Accusation of Philotas His death .. Alexander crosses the Oxus in pursuit of Bessus .. 196 Capture and death ...
... Arrival at Susa .. CHAPTER XXI . FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE CONQUEST OF GREECE BY THE ROMANS , B.C. 323-146 . Accusation of Philotas His death .. Alexander crosses the Oxus in pursuit of Bessus .. 196 Capture and death ...
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Page xxix - ... the matches. The only prize given to the conqueror was a garland of wild olive ; but this was valued as one of the dearest distinctions in life. To have his name proclaimed as victor before assembled Hollas was an object of ambition with the noblest and the wealthiest of the Greeks.
Page 121 - 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. Should any parties refuse to accept this peace, I will make war upon them, along with those who are of the same mind, both by land and sea, with ships and with money.
Page 69 - 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 10 - 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.
Page xxix - B. c. 776, in which year he is said to have assisted Iphitus in restoring the Olympic games. He belonged to the royal family of Sparta. According to the common account he was the son of Eunomus, one of the two kings who reigned together in Sparta.