A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with Supplementary Chapters on the History of Literature and ArtHarper & Bros., 1883 - 708 páginas |
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... length the more important events , and for bringing out promi- nently the characters and lives of the great men of the nation . It is only in this way that a school history can be made in- structive and interesting , since a brief and ...
... length the more important events , and for bringing out promi- nently the characters and lives of the great men of the nation . It is only in this way that a school history can be made in- structive and interesting , since a brief and ...
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... length from Mount Olympus to Cape Tænarum is not more than 250 English miles ; its greatest breadth from the western coast of Acarnania to Marathon in Attica is only 180 miles . Its sur- face is considerably less than that of Portugal ...
... length from Mount Olympus to Cape Tænarum is not more than 250 English miles ; its greatest breadth from the western coast of Acarnania to Marathon in Attica is only 180 miles . Its sur- face is considerably less than that of Portugal ...
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... length and from four to five in breadth . The remainder of Argolis consisted of a rocky peninsula between the Saronic and Argolic gulfs , containing at its eastern extremity the territories of Epidaurus , Træzen , and Hermione . Laconia ...
... length and from four to five in breadth . The remainder of Argolis consisted of a rocky peninsula between the Saronic and Argolic gulfs , containing at its eastern extremity the territories of Epidaurus , Træzen , and Hermione . Laconia ...
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... length reached Iolcus in safety . § 6. In the Heroic age Thebes was already one of the principal cities of Greece . Towards the close of this period it became the scene of the last struggles of a fated race , whose legendary his- tory ...
... length reached Iolcus in safety . § 6. In the Heroic age Thebes was already one of the principal cities of Greece . Towards the close of this period it became the scene of the last struggles of a fated race , whose legendary his- tory ...
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... length effects . It is Ulysses who now steps into the foreground and becomes the real conqueror of Troy . By his advice a wooden horse is built , in whose inside he and other heroes conceal themselves . The infatuated Trojans admit the ...
... length effects . It is Ulysses who now steps into the foreground and becomes the real conqueror of Troy . By his advice a wooden horse is built , in whose inside he and other heroes conceal themselves . The infatuated Trojans admit the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achæans Acropolis Ægina Agesilaus Alcibiades Alexander alliance allies Amphipolis ancient Arcadians Argos army arrived Asia assembly assistance Athe Athenian fleet Athenians Athens attack Attica Baotian battle Boeotia Brasidas called cavalry celebrated Cimon citizens Cleon coast colonies command Conon Corcyra Corcyræans Corinth Corinthians Cyrus Darius death defeated Demosthenes despatched despot Dionysius Dorians empire enemy envoys Epaminondas Ephors exiles expedition favour festival force formed garrison Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont hoplites Ionians island king Lacedæmonians land latter Lysander Macedonian Mantinea Messenians mountains nians Nicias oligarchical orators party Pausanias peace Pelopidas Peloponnesian Peloponnesus Pericles Persian Pharnabazus Philip Phocians Phocis Piræus Platea poet possession probably proceeded revolt sailed Salamis Samos satrap seems seized sent ships Sicily siege slain Socrates soon Sparta succeeded success Syracusans Syracuse temple Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly Thrace tion Tissaphernes took town triremes troops victory walls whilst Xerxes
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Página 209 - Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; — all were his I He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they?
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Página 704 - With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 382 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold, Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece...
Página 408 - Pinching, fingering, and pulling — tempering, selecting, culling, With a nice survey discerning which are green and which are turning, Which are ripe for accusation, forfeiture, and confiscation. Him, besides, the wealthy man, retired upon an easy rent, Hating and avoiding party, noble-minded, indolent, Fearful of official snares, intrigues, and intricate affairs...
Página 383 - Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 704 - GEBLER (Karl Von). Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia, from Authentic Sources. Translated with the sanction of the Author, by Mrs. GEORGE STURGE. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price i2,$. GEDDES (James). History of the Administration of John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland.
Página 232 - It is related that she recommended him to introduce mythical narrations into his poems, and that when, in accordance with her advice, he composed a hymn in which he interwove almost all the Theban mythology, she smiled and said, " "We ought to sow with the hand, and not with the whole sack.
Página 197 - The second, which was destined for the Spartans alone, contained the memorable words : — " Go, tell the Spartans, thou that passest by, That here obedient to their laws we lie.
Página 86 - Coward* that in wealth has thriven, May match his offspring with the proudest race : Thus everything is mixed, noble and base." Theognis lost his property in the revolution, and had been driven into exile ; and the following lines show the ferocious spirit which sometimes animated the Greeks in their party struggles. " Yet my full wish, to drink their very blood, Some power divine, that watches for my good, May yet accomplish. Soon may he fulfil My righteous hope — my just and hearty will."f •...