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... orator at his command , it is not strange that he became one of the ablest statesmen of Athens . Nevertheless Themistocles was not as honest as his rival . He was wily and tricky , passionate and selfish , and open to bribery . As an ...
... orator at his command , it is not strange that he became one of the ablest statesmen of Athens . Nevertheless Themistocles was not as honest as his rival . He was wily and tricky , passionate and selfish , and open to bribery . As an ...
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... orators addressed the people . Near the base of these three hills ( Acropolis , Areiopagus , and Pnyx ) was the Agora , or market - place , a large square where the Athenians transacted their business . - The Theatre of Dionysus ...
... orators addressed the people . Near the base of these three hills ( Acropolis , Areiopagus , and Pnyx ) was the Agora , or market - place , a large square where the Athenians transacted their business . - The Theatre of Dionysus ...
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... orator and general , but the want of principle rendered his talents ruinous both to himself and his country . His pride and arrogance were exces- sive , his ambition unbounded . He wished not merely to outshine his fellow - citizens ...
... orator and general , but the want of principle rendered his talents ruinous both to himself and his country . His pride and arrogance were exces- sive , his ambition unbounded . He wished not merely to outshine his fellow - citizens ...
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... orator of ancient times , was the only person who seemed to realize the importance of making a firm stand against Philip , and opposing to the last his ambitious plans . His orations against Philip and his policy ( called the Philippics ) ...
... orator of ancient times , was the only person who seemed to realize the importance of making a firm stand against Philip , and opposing to the last his ambitious plans . His orations against Philip and his policy ( called the Philippics ) ...
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... ORATORS . PERICLES , born at Athens , about 499 B.C .; died 429 B.C. ( See pages 61 , 63 , and 74. ) Of this distinguished orator and statesman Thucy- dides says : " All the time that he stood at the head of the state , he governed it ...
... ORATORS . PERICLES , born at Athens , about 499 B.C .; died 429 B.C. ( See pages 61 , 63 , and 74. ) Of this distinguished orator and statesman Thucy- dides says : " All the time that he stood at the head of the state , he governed it ...
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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.