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It is said to be in use with the Argives , Megareans and Milesians ; but Phæax in his oration on the subject , spoken probably not many years after this , affirms the contrary ; Movoi yap avtov των Ελληνων χρωμεθα , και ουδεμια των ...
It is said to be in use with the Argives , Megareans and Milesians ; but Phæax in his oration on the subject , spoken probably not many years after this , affirms the contrary ; Movoi yap avtov των Ελληνων χρωμεθα , και ουδεμια των ...
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Ανηρ παχυς ήκει των προδοντων Ταπί θρακης , & c . Without doubt this relates to Thucydides , who was Espatnyos in Thrace , and condemned to banishment this very year , for his treachery or neglect in the loss of Amphipolis . 322.
Ανηρ παχυς ήκει των προδοντων Ταπί θρακης , & c . Without doubt this relates to Thucydides , who was Espatnyos in Thrace , and condemned to banishment this very year , for his treachery or neglect in the loss of Amphipolis . 322.
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... was three oboli : probably after his death , or when the republick began to decline , it might be again reduced to two oboli . 193. Περι των κρεών . The Scholia and the Commentators make out nothing here to one's satisfaction . 233.
... was three oboli : probably after his death , or when the republick began to decline , it might be again reduced to two oboli . 193. Περι των κρεών . The Scholia and the Commentators make out nothing here to one's satisfaction . 233.
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Η τους μισθους των ποιητων , & c . seems to mean some attempt made by an orator ( the Schol . on v . 103 . of the Ecclesiasuzæ , say Archinus ) to reduce the expense of the Choregi by limiting the sum they gave to their poets : and the ...
Η τους μισθους των ποιητων , & c . seems to mean some attempt made by an orator ( the Schol . on v . 103 . of the Ecclesiasuzæ , say Archinus ) to reduce the expense of the Choregi by limiting the sum they gave to their poets : and the ...
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This praise he cannot help bestowing on Lysias's composition , namely , “ Οτι σαφη , και στρογγυλα , και ακριβως έκαστα των ονοματων αποτετορνευται . 235. ' Notep ól evvea . ] The Archons took an oath to do this , if they were guilty of ...
This praise he cannot help bestowing on Lysias's composition , namely , “ Οτι σαφη , και στρογγυλα , και ακριβως έκαστα των ονοματων αποτετορνευται . 235. ' Notep ól evvea . ] The Archons took an oath to do this , if they were guilty of ...
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| Title | Notes on Aristophanes and Plato Volume 4 of The Works of Thomas Gray: In Prose and Verse, Edmund Gosse Volume 4 of Works in Prose and Verse, Edmund Gosse |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Editor | Edmund Gosse |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1884 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4 pages |
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