The Olynthiac and Other Public Orations of DemosthenesG. Bell and Sons, 1891 - 292 pages |
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... talents . Unable to pay this , he flies to Megara , and remains in exile . 323 Alexander dies at Babylon . The Athenians resolve on war , and send ambassadors to stir up the Greeks . A general rising takes place , and Leosthenes the ...
... talents . Unable to pay this , he flies to Megara , and remains in exile . 323 Alexander dies at Babylon . The Athenians resolve on war , and send ambassadors to stir up the Greeks . A general rising takes place , and Leosthenes the ...
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... talents . 2 Strictly , those of the military age , which was from eighteen years to sixty . Youths between eighteen and twenty were liable only to serve in Attica , and were chiefly employed to garrison the walls . Afterwards they were ...
... talents . 2 Strictly , those of the military age , which was from eighteen years to sixty . Youths between eighteen and twenty were liable only to serve in Attica , and were chiefly employed to garrison the walls . Afterwards they were ...
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... talents . That year passed ; the first , second , third month arrived ; in that 1 A fortress on the Propontis , ( now Sea of Marmora , ) near Perinthus . This was a post of importance to the Athenians , who received large supplies of ...
... talents . That year passed ; the first , second , third month arrived ; in that 1 A fortress on the Propontis , ( now Sea of Marmora , ) near Perinthus . This was a post of importance to the Athenians , who received large supplies of ...
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... talents in money ; for as Philip was reported to be sick or dead , ( both rumours came , ) you thought there was no longer any occasion for succours , and discontinued the armament . But that was the very occasion ; if we had then sent ...
... talents in money ; for as Philip was reported to be sick or dead , ( both rumours came , ) you thought there was no longer any occasion for succours , and discontinued the armament . But that was the very occasion ; if we had then sent ...
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... talents into the citadel ; and the king of this country was submissive to them , as a barbarian should be to Greeks ; and many glorious trophies they erected for victories won by their own fighting on land and sea , and they are the ...
... talents into the citadel ; and the king of this country was submissive to them , as a barbarian should be to Greeks ; and many glorious trophies they erected for victories won by their own fighting on land and sea , and they are the ...
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