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Page 73
... Whilst , at the head of an Athenian squadron , he was sailing among the Greek islands for the ostensible purpose of executing justice , there is lit- tle room to doubt that he corrupted its very source by accepting large sums of money ...
... Whilst , at the head of an Athenian squadron , he was sailing among the Greek islands for the ostensible purpose of executing justice , there is lit- tle room to doubt that he corrupted its very source by accepting large sums of money ...
Page 78
... whilst a still larger number were taken prisoners . This last circumstance proved fatal to the interests of Athens in Baotia . In order to re- cover these prisoners she agreed to evacuate Boeotia , and to permit , the re - establishment ...
... whilst a still larger number were taken prisoners . This last circumstance proved fatal to the interests of Athens in Baotia . In order to re- cover these prisoners she agreed to evacuate Boeotia , and to permit , the re - establishment ...
Page 101
... whilst a great part of the population who had hith- erto escaped the disorder , expecting soon to be attacked in turn , abandoned themselves to all manner of excess , debauchery , and crime . The numbers carried off by the pestilence ...
... whilst a great part of the population who had hith- erto escaped the disorder , expecting soon to be attacked in turn , abandoned themselves to all manner of excess , debauchery , and crime . The numbers carried off by the pestilence ...
Page 104
... whilst the crew of the preceding vessel had conveyed the order for execution with slowness and reluctance . Yet even so the countermand came only just in time . The mandate was al- ready in the hands of Paches , who was taking measures ...
... whilst the crew of the preceding vessel had conveyed the order for execution with slowness and reluctance . Yet even so the countermand came only just in time . The mandate was al- ready in the hands of Paches , who was taking measures ...
Page 106
... Whilst they were preparing far another assault , they were sur- prised by the appearance of the Athenian fleet . They had strange- ly neglected to secure the entrances into the bay ; and , when the Athenian ships came sailing through ...
... Whilst they were preparing far another assault , they were sur- prised by the appearance of the Athenian fleet . They had strange- ly neglected to secure the entrances into the bay ; and , when the Athenian ships came sailing through ...
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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.