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... given him claws and set him free . The sight of Aristomenes amongst his captors revealed the meaning of her vision , and having made the archers drunk , she placed a dagger in his hands and cut his bonds . Seizing the weapon , the hero ...
... given him claws and set him free . The sight of Aristomenes amongst his captors revealed the meaning of her vision , and having made the archers drunk , she placed a dagger in his hands and cut his bonds . Seizing the weapon , the hero ...
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... given . In short , with such evidence as we have before us , we cannot safely accept more than the fact of the conspiracy and its failure ; nor , although in its details the tradition is manifestly untrustworthy , can we question that ...
... given . In short , with such evidence as we have before us , we cannot safely accept more than the fact of the conspiracy and its failure ; nor , although in its details the tradition is manifestly untrustworthy , can we question that ...
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... given to the religious sentiment which invested the Eupatrids with an incommunicable dignity . But Solon had not interfered with the religious constitution of the tribes , phratriai , and houses ; and all that the main body of the ...
... given to the religious sentiment which invested the Eupatrids with an incommunicable dignity . But Solon had not interfered with the religious constitution of the tribes , phratriai , and houses ; and all that the main body of the ...
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... given against him ; and it was expressly provided by the Kleisthenean constitution that apart from this secret vote of 6000 citizens no law should be made against any single citizen , unless that same law were made against all Athenian ...
... given against him ; and it was expressly provided by the Kleisthenean constitution that apart from this secret vote of 6000 citizens no law should be made against any single citizen , unless that same law were made against all Athenian ...
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... given birth to a dead infant , the herdsman exposes the corpse , and brings up Cyrus as his own son . But his high lineage cannot be hidden . In the village sports the boy plays the king so well that a complaint is carried to Astyages ...
... given birth to a dead infant , the herdsman exposes the corpse , and brings up Cyrus as his own son . But his high lineage cannot be hidden . In the village sports the boy plays the king so well that a complaint is carried to Astyages ...
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