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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... desired Philides , who was a breeder of horses , to give him a colt , and when he refused it , threatened that in a short time he would turn his house into a wooden horse * , intimating that he would stir up dispute and litigation ...
... desired Philides , who was a breeder of horses , to give him a colt , and when he refused it , threatened that in a short time he would turn his house into a wooden horse * , intimating that he would stir up dispute and litigation ...
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... desired of him , when he was commander of the army , something that was not reasonable , " Simo- nides , you would be no good poet if you wrote false measure , nor should I be a good magistrate if for favour I made false law . " And at ...
... desired of him , when he was commander of the army , something that was not reasonable , " Simo- nides , you would be no good poet if you wrote false measure , nor should I be a good magistrate if for favour I made false law . " And at ...
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... desired them to meet the Persians in Boeotia , before they could come into Attica , as they themselves had come forward by sea at Artemisium , they gave no ear to their request , being wholly intent upon Peloponnesus and resolved to ...
... desired them to meet the Persians in Boeotia , before they could come into Attica , as they themselves had come forward by sea at Artemisium , they gave no ear to their request , being wholly intent upon Peloponnesus and resolved to ...
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... desired him to speak , and Themistocles now brought him to a better understanding . And when one who stood by him told him that it did not become those who had neither city nor house to lose , to persuade others to re- linquish their ...
... desired him to speak , and Themistocles now brought him to a better understanding . And when one who stood by him told him that it did not become those who had neither city nor house to lose , to persuade others to re- linquish their ...
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... desired his assistance , showing him the king of Persia's letters , and exasperating him against the Greeks , as a villanous , ungrateful people . However Themistocles declined the proposals of Pausanias , and wholly refused to be a ...
... desired his assistance , showing him the king of Persia's letters , and exasperating him against the Greeks , as a villanous , ungrateful people . However Themistocles declined the proposals of Pausanias , and wholly refused to be a ...
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