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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... remained faithful to Lacedæmon even in the time of the Peloponnesian war . In Crete they founded Gortyn and Lyctus , which are mentioned as Spartan colonies . The Doric colonists in Crete were anxious to connect themselves with the ...
... remained faithful to Lacedæmon even in the time of the Peloponnesian war . In Crete they founded Gortyn and Lyctus , which are mentioned as Spartan colonies . The Doric colonists in Crete were anxious to connect themselves with the ...
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... remained in their subordinate condition , and united Greece might even have defied the legions of conquering Rome . The Amphictyonic Council is rarely mentioned , except in con- nexion with the Delphian temple ; but when the rights of ...
... remained in their subordinate condition , and united Greece might even have defied the legions of conquering Rome . The Amphictyonic Council is rarely mentioned , except in con- nexion with the Delphian temple ; but when the rights of ...
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... remained in the country were treated with great severity . They were reduced to the condition of Helots , and were compelled to pay to their masters half of the produce of their lands . This is attested by the authority of Tyrtæus , who ...
... remained in the country were treated with great severity . They were reduced to the condition of Helots , and were compelled to pay to their masters half of the produce of their lands . This is attested by the authority of Tyrtæus , who ...
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... remained till the restoration of their independence by Epaminondas , in the year 369 B.C. During the whole of the intervening period the Messenians disappear from history . The country called Messenia in the map was in reality a portion ...
... remained till the restoration of their independence by Epaminondas , in the year 369 B.C. During the whole of the intervening period the Messenians disappear from history . The country called Messenia in the map was in reality a portion ...
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... remained on the field , and spoiled the dead bodies of the enemy . Both sides claimed the victory , whereupon a general battle ensued , in which the Argives were defeated . The brave Othryades slew himself on the field of battle , being ...
... remained on the field , and spoiled the dead bodies of the enemy . Both sides claimed the victory , whereupon a general battle ensued , in which the Argives were defeated . The brave Othryades slew himself on the field of battle , being ...
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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?
Página 704 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of "The Thirty Years
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 •...