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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... second volume a series parallel to the present , including Aristides , Cimon , Nicias , Agesilaus , Dion , and Phocion . It was not possible to admit here any one of these without introducing a repetition , as in Aristides , of what had ...
... second volume a series parallel to the present , including Aristides , Cimon , Nicias , Agesilaus , Dion , and Phocion . It was not possible to admit here any one of these without introducing a repetition , as in Aristides , of what had ...
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... second English translation , made by various hands . Of the lives in the present volume , Themistocles was the work of a son of Sir Thomas Brown ; Alexander that of a son of John Evelyn ; Alcibiades was done by Lord Somers , Pelopidas ...
... second English translation , made by various hands . Of the lives in the present volume , Themistocles was the work of a son of Sir Thomas Brown ; Alexander that of a son of John Evelyn ; Alcibiades was done by Lord Somers , Pelopidas ...
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... was now advancing against Greece , and the Athenians were in consultation who should be general , and many withdrew themselves of he Per but , ma ether pa SECOND PERSIAN INVASION . 11 their own accord , being 10 THEMISTOCLES .
... was now advancing against Greece , and the Athenians were in consultation who should be general , and many withdrew themselves of he Per but , ma ether pa SECOND PERSIAN INVASION . 11 their own accord , being 10 THEMISTOCLES .
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Arthur Hugh Clough. SECOND PERSIAN INVASION . 11 their own accord , being terrified with the greatness of the danger , there was one Epicydes , son of Euphemides , a popular speaker , a man of an eloquent tongue , but of a faint heart ...
Arthur Hugh Clough. SECOND PERSIAN INVASION . 11 their own accord , being terrified with the greatness of the danger , there was one Epicydes , son of Euphemides , a popular speaker , a man of an eloquent tongue , but of a faint heart ...
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... second for The- mistocles . The Lacedæmonians carried him with them to Sparta , where , giving the rewards of valour to Eury- biades , and of wisdom and conduct to Themistocles , they crowned him with olive , presented him with the best ...
... second for The- mistocles . The Lacedæmonians carried him with them to Sparta , where , giving the rewards of valour to Eury- biades , and of wisdom and conduct to Themistocles , they crowned him with olive , presented him with the best ...
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