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... became a duty ; and if no sons were born , the remedy lay in adoption , which was effected by a religious ceremony of the most solemn kind . The subject of it renounced his own family , and the worship of its gods , to pass to another ...
... became a duty ; and if no sons were born , the remedy lay in adoption , which was effected by a religious ceremony of the most solemn kind . The subject of it renounced his own family , and the worship of its gods , to pass to another ...
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... became a slave whom his conqueror killed or sold or held in bondage according to his good plea- sure . CHAPTER III . THE MYTHOLOGY AND TRIBAL LEGENDS OF THE GREEKS . WHEN in the Hindu story we read that Krishna rescued from the dark ...
... became a slave whom his conqueror killed or sold or held in bondage according to his good plea- sure . CHAPTER III . THE MYTHOLOGY AND TRIBAL LEGENDS OF THE GREEKS . WHEN in the Hindu story we read that Krishna rescued from the dark ...
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... became so far pre - eminent as to be styled expressly the Amphiktyonia . This was the alliance of which the repre- sentatives met at Delphoi in the spring , and in the autumn at Thermopylai . The chief work of this council was to watch ...
... became so far pre - eminent as to be styled expressly the Amphiktyonia . This was the alliance of which the repre- sentatives met at Delphoi in the spring , and in the autumn at Thermopylai . The chief work of this council was to watch ...
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... became not merely the head of the Dorian tribes but a power which made itself felt throughout all Hellas , and in some sort succeeded in inforcing a common law . In her chief characteristics Sparta stood alone . This lack of sympathy ...
... became not merely the head of the Dorian tribes but a power which made itself felt throughout all Hellas , and in some sort succeeded in inforcing a common law . In her chief characteristics Sparta stood alone . This lack of sympathy ...
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... became paramount in the state . By the oath inter- changed every month , the kings swore that they would exercise their functions according to the established laws , while the ephors undertook on that condition to maintain their ...
... became paramount in the state . By the oath inter- changed every month , the kings swore that they would exercise their functions according to the established laws , while the ephors undertook on that condition to maintain their ...
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