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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... bodies of the dead were burnt . 9 But when news came from Thermopyla to Artemi- of Ther- sium informing them that king Leonidas was slain , and mopylæ . that Xerxes had made himself master of all the passages by land , they returned ...
... bodies of the dead were burnt . 9 But when news came from Thermopyla to Artemi- of Ther- sium informing them that king Leonidas was slain , and mopylæ . that Xerxes had made himself master of all the passages by land , they returned ...
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... body , as it floated amongst other shipwrecks , was known by Artemisia * , and carried to Xerxes . It is related , that just at this time , in the middle of the fight , a great flame rose into the air above the city of Eleusis , and ...
... body , as it floated amongst other shipwrecks , was known by Artemisia * , and carried to Xerxes . It is related , that just at this time , in the middle of the fight , a great flame rose into the air above the city of Eleusis , and ...
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... bodies cast up by the sea , he perceived bracelets and necklaces of gold about them , yet passed on , only showing them to a friend that followed him , saying , " Take you these things , for 66 On you handsome young man who had formerly ...
... bodies cast up by the sea , he perceived bracelets and necklaces of gold about them , yet passed on , only showing them to a friend that followed him , saying , " Take you these things , for 66 On you handsome young man who had formerly ...
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... bodies of such as are executed , and throw the halters and clothes of those that are strangled or otherwise put to death . † * Diana of Best Counsel , Aristo - búle . † Perhaps " of those who hang or strangle themselves . " D There is ...
... bodies of such as are executed , and throw the halters and clothes of those that are strangled or otherwise put to death . † * Diana of Best Counsel , Aristo - búle . † Perhaps " of those who hang or strangle themselves . " D There is ...
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... bodies cast up by the sea , he perceived bracelets and necklaces of gold about them , yet passed on , only showing them to a friend that followed him , saying , " Take you these things , for 66 handsome young man who had formerly ...
... bodies cast up by the sea , he perceived bracelets and necklaces of gold about them , yet passed on , only showing them to a friend that followed him , saying , " Take you these things , for 66 handsome young man who had formerly ...
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