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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... gave the answer , that the trophy of Miltiades would not let him sleep . And while others were of opinion that the battle of Marathon would be an end to the war , Themistocles thought it was but the beginning of far greater con- flicts ...
... gave the answer , that the trophy of Miltiades would not let him sleep . And while others were of opinion that the battle of Marathon would be an end to the war , Themistocles thought it was but the beginning of far greater con- flicts ...
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... gave occasion for the reproach against him , that he took away from the Athe- nians the spear and the shield , and bound them to the bench and the oar . These measures he carried against the opposition , as Stesimbrotus relates , of ...
... gave occasion for the reproach against him , that he took away from the Athe- nians the spear and the shield , and bound them to the bench and the oar . These measures he carried against the opposition , as Stesimbrotus relates , of ...
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... gave to Eurybiades . In this affair none of his own countrymen opposed him so much as Archi- teles , captain of the sacred galley * , who , having no money to supply his seamen , was eager to go home ; but Themistocles so incensed his ...
... gave to Eurybiades . In this affair none of his own countrymen opposed him so much as Archi- teles , captain of the sacred galley * , who , having no money to supply his seamen , was eager to go home ; but Themistocles so incensed his ...
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... gave no ear to their request , being wholly intent upon Peloponnesus and resolved to gather all their forces together within the Isthmus , and to build a wall from sea to sea in that narrow neck of land . So that the Athenians were ...
... gave no ear to their request , being wholly intent upon Peloponnesus and resolved to gather all their forces together within the Isthmus , and to build a wall from sea to sea in that narrow neck of land . So that the Athenians were ...
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... gave it out to the people , that the offerings which were set for it were found untouched ; and declared , by the suggestion of Themistocles , that the goddess had left the city , and taken her way before them towards the And he often ...
... gave it out to the people , that the offerings which were set for it were found untouched ; and declared , by the suggestion of Themistocles , that the goddess had left the city , and taken her way before them towards the And he often ...
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