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... began to penetrate his body , he was seized with terrible pains . 1 1. Fight with the Nemean lion . 2. Fight against the Lernean hydra . 3. Capture of the Arcadian stag . 4. Destruction of the Erymanthian boar . 5. Cleansing of the ...
... began to penetrate his body , he was seized with terrible pains . 1 1. Fight with the Nemean lion . 2. Fight against the Lernean hydra . 3. Capture of the Arcadian stag . 4. Destruction of the Erymanthian boar . 5. Cleansing of the ...
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... began to fear them , and devised many cruel means of getting rid of them . At one time 2,000 were secretly put to death . THE LYCURGEAN DISCIPLINE aimed to educate in the Spartans those qualities which fit men best for war . According ...
... began to fear them , and devised many cruel means of getting rid of them . At one time 2,000 were secretly put to death . THE LYCURGEAN DISCIPLINE aimed to educate in the Spartans those qualities which fit men best for war . According ...
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... began the ( 743-724 ) FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ( 743-724 B.C. ) by surprising Ampheia , a border town of Messenia , and murdering its defenders . A long struggle then followed with varying success . Finally the Messenians were so weakened ...
... began the ( 743-724 ) FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ( 743-724 B.C. ) by surprising Ampheia , a border town of Messenia , and murdering its defenders . A long struggle then followed with varying success . Finally the Messenians were so weakened ...
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... began to arise between the different classes . Some said he had gone too far , others not far enough . They divided into three factions . A man by the name of Peisistratus pretended to support the faction repre- sented by the poor class ...
... began to arise between the different classes . Some said he had gone too far , others not far enough . They divided into three factions . A man by the name of Peisistratus pretended to support the faction repre- sented by the poor class ...
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... began to get the better of the Ionic cities in Asia Minor , Athens and Eretria withdrew their forces and went home . As soon as he had subdued the Ionic cities , Darius turned his attention towards Greece , and swore vengeance upon the ...
... began to get the better of the Ionic cities in Asia Minor , Athens and Eretria withdrew their forces and went home . As soon as he had subdued the Ionic cities , Darius turned his attention towards Greece , and swore vengeance upon the ...
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Page 98 - Harmosts, with indefinite powers, were established everywhere. The Greeks found that instead of gaining by the change of masters, they had lost; they had exchanged the yoke of a power, which if rapacious, was at any rate refined...
Page 114 - All the time that he stood at the head of the state, he governed it with moderation, and watched over its safety. Under him it rose to the highest pitch of greatness. The cause of his influence was that he was powerful in dignity of character and wisdom ; that he proved himself to be pre-eminently the most incorruptible of men ; and that he restrained the people freely, and led them instead of being led by them.
Page 11 - Tsenarum, and 180 miles broad in its widest part, ie from Cape Actium to the plain of Marathon. It is in size but little larger than the State of Maine, which has about 35,000 square miles. Greece is bounded on the north by Illyricum and Macedonia; on the east by the jEgean sea; on the south by the Mediterranean; on the west by the Ionian sea. It may be divided for convenience into three grand divisions; viz., Northern Greece, Central Greece, and Southern Greece, or the Peloponnesus, as the last...
Page 62 - Spartan hoplites, supported by 10,000 allies, were despatched into Doris. The mere approach of so large a force speedily effected the ostensible object of the expedition, and compelled the Phocians to retire. The Lacedaemonians now proceeded to effect their real design, which was to prevent the...
Page 28 - Democratic states were accustomed to ostracize and remove from the city for a definite time those who appeared to be superior to their fellow-citizens, by reason of their wealth, the number of their friends, or any other means of influence.