History of Greece: I. Legendary Greece. II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens, Volume 7J. Murray, 1855 - Greece |
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... confidence and preparations at Syracuse , arising from the delays of Nikias Page 294 296 Manœuvre of Nikias from Katana - he lands his forces in the Great Harbour of Syracuse ...... 298 Return of the Syracusan army from Katana to the ...
... confidence and preparations at Syracuse , arising from the delays of Nikias Page 294 296 Manœuvre of Nikias from Katana - he lands his forces in the Great Harbour of Syracuse ...... 298 Return of the Syracusan army from Katana to the ...
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... Confidence of Nikias - comparative languor of his operations ...... ib . Approach of Gylippus - he despairs of relieving Syracuse ...... Progress of Gylippus , in spite of discouraging reports Approach of Gylippus is made known to ...
... Confidence of Nikias - comparative languor of his operations ...... ib . Approach of Gylippus - he despairs of relieving Syracuse ...... Progress of Gylippus , in spite of discouraging reports Approach of Gylippus is made known to ...
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... Confidence of Gylippus and the Syracusans - aggressive plans against the Athenians , even on the sea Discouragement of Nikias and the Athenians 375 376 Nikias sends home a despatch to Athens , soliciting reinforcements 377 Despatch of ...
... Confidence of Gylippus and the Syracusans - aggressive plans against the Athenians , even on the sea Discouragement of Nikias and the Athenians 375 376 Nikias sends home a despatch to Athens , soliciting reinforcements 377 Despatch of ...
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... confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther reinforcements from the Sicilian towns .... 403 Conflicts between the Athenians and Syracusans in the Great Har ...
... confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther reinforcements from the Sicilian towns .... 403 Conflicts between the Athenians and Syracusans in the Great Har ...
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... confidence in Nikias was the greatest personal mistake which the Athenian public ever committed 483 484 ......... CHAPTER LXI . From the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily down to the Oligarchical Conspiracy of the Four ...
... confidence in Nikias was the greatest personal mistake which the Athenian public ever committed 483 484 ......... CHAPTER LXI . From the Destruction of the Athenian Armament in Sicily down to the Oligarchical Conspiracy of the Four ...
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¹ Thucyd Agis Alkibiadês alliance allies Amphipolis Andokidês Argeians Argos armament army Arnold arrival assembly Athe Athenian Athenian fleet Athens attack battle blockade Boeotians Chios citizens cliff command Corinth Corinthians counter-wall cusans dæmonians defeat Dekeleia democracy Demosthenês despatched Diodor Dorian Egesta Eleians enemy envoys Ephors Euryâlus Eurymedon expedition farther favour festival force Grecian Greece Greeks ground Gylippus Harbour Hermæ Hermokratês hoplites island Kamarina Katana Kleon Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Lamachus Leontines Lepreum Mantineia ment Messênê month nians Nikias oligarchical party peace Peloponnesian Peloponnesus persons Plutarch position present probably Rhegium sail sect sent ships Sicilian Sicily Sikel Sokratês Sparta Syra Syracusans Syracuse Tegea territory Thucydidês tion town treaty triremes troops truce wall words ἂν αὐτοῖς γὰρ δὲ διὰ εἶναι ἐν ἐς καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ πρὸς τὰ τε τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὡς
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Page 294 - Witnesses of such a character as not to deserve credit in the most trifling cause, upon the most immaterial facts, gave evidence so incredible, or, to speak more properly, so impossible to be true, that it ought not to have been believed if it had come from the mouth of Cato ; and upon such evidence, from such witnesses, were innocent men condemned to death and executed.
Page 479 - Demosthenes, amisso exercitu , a captivitate gladio et voluntaria morte se vindicat : Nicias autem, ne Demosthenis quidem exemplo , ut sibi consuleret , admonitus , cladem suorum auxit dedecore captivitatis.