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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... arms should sea . * " While all things else are taken , " said the oracle , " within the boundary of Cecrops , and the covert of divine Citharon , Zeus grants to Athena that the wall of wood alone shall remain uncaptured ; that shall ...
... arms should sea . * " While all things else are taken , " said the oracle , " within the boundary of Cecrops , and the covert of divine Citharon , Zeus grants to Athena that the wall of wood alone shall remain uncaptured ; that shall ...
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... arms . As Themistocles had fixed upon the most advantageous place , so with no less sagacity , he chose the best time of fighting . For he would not bring up his gal- leys to face the Persians , nor begin the fight , till the time of ...
... arms . As Themistocles had fixed upon the most advantageous place , so with no less sagacity , he chose the best time of fighting . For he would not bring up his gal- leys to face the Persians , nor begin the fight , till the time of ...
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... arm of the sea , and could bring but part of their fleet to fight , and fell foul of one another , the Greeks thus equalled them in strength , and fought with them till the evening , and forced them back , and obtained , as says ...
... arm of the sea , and could bring but part of their fleet to fight , and fell foul of one another , the Greeks thus equalled them in strength , and fought with them till the evening , and forced them back , and obtained , as says ...
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... arms , he laid himself down at his hearth ; this being the most sacred ,. and only manner of supplication among the Molossians which was not to be refused . And some say that the king's wife Phthia intimated to Themistocles this way of ...
... arms , he laid himself down at his hearth ; this being the most sacred ,. and only manner of supplication among the Molossians which was not to be refused . And some say that the king's wife Phthia intimated to Themistocles this way of ...
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... arms young puppy - dogs and monkeys , and fondling them , asked , it is said , whether the women in their country did not bear children ; a prince - like reprimand to people who lavish upon brute beasts the affection and kindness which ...
... arms young puppy - dogs and monkeys , and fondling them , asked , it is said , whether the women in their country did not bear children ; a prince - like reprimand to people who lavish upon brute beasts the affection and kindness which ...
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