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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... importance of the upper ground of Epipolæ . Intention of the Syracusans to occupy the summit of Epipolæ ... .. ..................... .. The summit is surprised by the Athenians .... 337 338 The success of this surprise was essential to ...
... importance of the upper ground of Epipolæ . Intention of the Syracusans to occupy the summit of Epipolæ ... .. ..................... .. The summit is surprised by the Athenians .... 337 338 The success of this surprise was essential to ...
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... Important consequences of the capture ... ........ Increased spirits and confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther reinforcements from the Sicilian towns .... 403 ...
... Important consequences of the capture ... ........ Increased spirits and confidence of the Syracusans , even for sea- fight 401 ib . ..... 402 Efforts of the Syracusans to procure farther reinforcements from the Sicilian towns .... 403 ...
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... importance , for the security of Lacedæmon . The Athenians engaged to lend their best and most energetic aid in putting down any rising of the Helots which might occur in Laconia . Such a provision indicates powerfully the uneasiness ...
... importance , for the security of Lacedæmon . The Athenians engaged to lend their best and most energetic aid in putting down any rising of the Helots which might occur in Laconia . Such a provision indicates powerfully the uneasiness ...
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... important result of this new alliance was something not specified in its provisions , but understood , we may be well assured , between the Spartan Ephors and Nikias at the time when it was concluded . All the Spartan captives at Athens ...
... important result of this new alliance was something not specified in its provisions , but understood , we may be well assured , between the Spartan Ephors and Nikias at the time when it was concluded . All the Spartan captives at Athens ...
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... importance to her - but peace had been already sworn to on both sides , after deliberate discussion , and required now only to be carried into execution . That equal reciprocity of concession , which pre- sented the best chance of ...
... importance to her - but peace had been already sworn to on both sides , after deliberate discussion , and required now only to be carried into execution . That equal reciprocity of concession , which pre- sented the best chance of ...
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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.