Greek history from Themistocles to Alexander, in a ser. of lives from Plutarch, revised and arranged by A.H. CloughArthur Hugh Clough Longman & Company, 1860 - 481 pages |
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... Philotas the son of Parmenio , one of Alexander's intimate friends and companions , and there chid him severely , and reproached him bitterly , that he should be so degenerate and unworthy of the power he was some day to have , as to ...
... Philotas the son of Parmenio , one of Alexander's intimate friends and companions , and there chid him severely , and reproached him bitterly , that he should be so degenerate and unworthy of the power he was some day to have , as to ...
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... Philotas and Antipater to be delivered up to them , and by a proclamation on their part , invited all who would assert the liberty of Greece to come over to them , he led on the Macedonians to the attack against them . The Thebans ...
... Philotas and Antipater to be delivered up to them , and by a proclamation on their part , invited all who would assert the liberty of Greece to come over to them , he led on the Macedonians to the attack against them . The Thebans ...
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... Philotas did the same to Darius . The whole army were spectators of this encounter , willing from the event of it to derive an omen of their own future success . After they had fought stoutly a pretty long while , at last he who was ...
... Philotas did the same to Darius . The whole army were spectators of this encounter , willing from the event of it to derive an omen of their own future success . After they had fought stoutly a pretty long while , at last he who was ...
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... Philotas had hunting nets a hun- dred furlongs in length , that more used precious oint- ment than plain oil when they went to bathe , and that they carried about servants everywhere to rub them and wait upon them in their chambers , he ...
... Philotas had hunting nets a hun- dred furlongs in length , that more used precious oint- ment than plain oil when they went to bathe , and that they carried about servants everywhere to rub them and wait upon them in their chambers , he ...
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... Philotas , the son of Par- menio . For besides that he was valiant and able to endure any fatigue of war , he was also next to Alex- ander himself the most munificent , and the greatest lover of his friends , one of whom asking him for ...
... Philotas , the son of Par- menio . For besides that he was valiant and able to endure any fatigue of war , he was also next to Alex- ander himself the most munificent , and the greatest lover of his friends , one of whom asking him for ...
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