Greek History from Themistocles to Alexander: In a Series of Lives from PlutarchLongmans, Green, and Company, 1870 |
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... rest upon an acquaintance with the ancients as portrayed by themselves . I have put the following selected lives in a chronological series from Themistocles to Alex- ander and Demosthenes . I cannot but think that they will form a ...
... rest upon an acquaintance with the ancients as portrayed by themselves . I have put the following selected lives in a chronological series from Themistocles to Alex- ander and Demosthenes . I cannot but think that they will form a ...
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... rest together in num- ber of vessels , would not submit to come after any other , till Themistocles , perceiving the danger of this contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians to submit , extenuating the loss ...
... rest together in num- ber of vessels , would not submit to come after any other , till Themistocles , perceiving the danger of this contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians to submit , extenuating the loss ...
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... rest of their fellow - citizens . Eurybiades , on account of the greatness of Sparta , was admiral of the Greek fleet , but yet was faint - hearted in time of danger , and willing to weigh anchor and set sail for the Isthmus of Corinth ...
... rest of their fellow - citizens . Eurybiades , on account of the greatness of Sparta , was admiral of the Greek fleet , but yet was faint - hearted in time of danger , and willing to weigh anchor and set sail for the Isthmus of Corinth ...
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... rest of the fleet for action at leisure . When this was doing , Aristides the son of Lysimachus was the first man that perceived it , and went to the tent of Themistocles , not out of any friendship , for he had been formerly banished ...
... rest of the fleet for action at leisure . When this was doing , Aristides the son of Lysimachus was the first man that perceived it , and went to the tent of Themistocles , not out of any friendship , for he had been formerly banished ...
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... rest men - at - arms . As Themistocles had fixed upon the most advantageous place , so with no less sagacity , he chose the best time of fighting . For he would not bring up his gal- leys to face the Persians , nor begin the fight ...
... rest men - at - arms . As Themistocles had fixed upon the most advantageous place , so with no less sagacity , he chose the best time of fighting . For he would not bring up his gal- leys to face the Persians , nor begin the fight ...
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