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... equal in value to 500 measures of corn or oil were in the first class ; those who had 300 , and could maintain a horse for the war , composed the second class ; those who had only 200 composed the third class ; and all whose income did ...
... equal in value to 500 measures of corn or oil were in the first class ; those who had 300 , and could maintain a horse for the war , composed the second class ; those who had only 200 composed the third class ; and all whose income did ...
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... equal vote , except such as for any crime were declared infamous . 32. To prepare business for the cognizance of the people , and for other purposes , a Senate was appointed , consisting of five hundred members , whose presidents ...
... equal vote , except such as for any crime were declared infamous . 32. To prepare business for the cognizance of the people , and for other purposes , a Senate was appointed , consisting of five hundred members , whose presidents ...
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... equal , if not exceed , the top of the besieged wall : 3d , The Pyrgoi , or moveable towers of wood , usually placed upon the mount , and driven forward on wheels ; their front and sides were usually guarded with tiles , and their tops ...
... equal , if not exceed , the top of the besieged wall : 3d , The Pyrgoi , or moveable towers of wood , usually placed upon the mount , and driven forward on wheels ; their front and sides were usually guarded with tiles , and their tops ...
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... equal importance ? CHAP . II . Of the Government of Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . SECTION I. 1. Pelop / idæ , s . descendants of Pelops . * Heracli'dæ , s . descendants of Hercules . 2. Cen'turies , s . hundreds of years . 5. Um ...
... equal importance ? CHAP . II . Of the Government of Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . SECTION I. 1. Pelop / idæ , s . descendants of Pelops . * Heracli'dæ , s . descendants of Hercules . 2. Cen'turies , s . hundreds of years . 5. Um ...
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... equal authority . * 2. This change is said to have been owing to the follow- ing circumstance : Aristode'mus dying , left two sons , Eu- rys'thenes and Pro'cles , who were twins , and so very much alike that it was hardly possible to ...
... equal authority . * 2. This change is said to have been owing to the follow- ing circumstance : Aristode'mus dying , left two sons , Eu- rys'thenes and Pro'cles , who were twins , and so very much alike that it was hardly possible to ...
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Page 266 - Apollodorus, who had been in tears during almost the whole conversation, began then to raise great cries, and to lament with such excessive grief, as pierced the hearts of all that were present. Socrates alone remained unmoved, and even reproved his friends, though with his usual mildness and good nature.
Page 259 - He does not swear to discharge with impunity whom he pleases; but to do justice where it is due. We ought not therefore to accustom you to perjury, nor you to suffer yourselves to be accustomed to, it; for in so doing...
Page 149 - It is even asserted, that he did not leave money enough behind him to pay the expenses of his funeral ; but that the government was obliged to bear the charge of it, and to maintain his family.
Page 263 - Presently after they entered, and found Socrates, whose chains had been taken off, sitting by Xantippe, his wife, who held one of his children in her arms; as soon as she perceived them, setting up great cries, sobbing, and tearing her face and hair, she made the prison resound with her complaints.
Page 258 - I should have been amongst the dead long ago, had I been concerned in the measures of the state, without effecting any thing to the advantage of myself or our country. Do not take it ill, I beseech you, if I speak my thoughts without disguise, and with truth and freedom. Every man who would generously oppose a whole people, either...
Page 179 - Nicias to rely entirely upon himself ; and the next day when the people were assembled, and the ambassadors introduced, Alcibiades, with a very obliging air, demanded of them with what powers they were come ? They made answer that they were not come as plenipotentiaries. Upon which he instantly changed his voice and countenance, and...