The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the Twentieth Century; a Comprehensive History, Founded Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation, Volumul 2F.R. Niglutsch, 1905 |
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Pagina 190
... Greeks - II . , . • The Triumph of Themistocles after Salamis , The Surprise at Himera , The Battle of Platæa , Market Place of Athens ( Restored ) , · • • The Dionysiac Theatre at Athens ( Restored ) , Pericles and Aspasia at the ...
... Greeks - II . , . • The Triumph of Themistocles after Salamis , The Surprise at Himera , The Battle of Platæa , Market Place of Athens ( Restored ) , · • • The Dionysiac Theatre at Athens ( Restored ) , Pericles and Aspasia at the ...
Pagina 190
... Greek Troops Capturing Mount St. Elias , • Prince Nicholas and his Battery at Mati , . Greek Peasantry Fleeing from Larissa , The British Red Cross Nurses Landing in Athens , Orestes and Pylades Brought before Iphigenia , . Attempted ...
... Greek Troops Capturing Mount St. Elias , • Prince Nicholas and his Battery at Mati , . Greek Peasantry Fleeing from Larissa , The British Red Cross Nurses Landing in Athens , Orestes and Pylades Brought before Iphigenia , . Attempted ...
Pagina 191
... of Leonidas at Sparta , · Athenian Helmets , • The Piræus and Long Walls of Athens , • 372 • 374 • · 376 • 378 . • 380 . · • 382 PAGE • 193 • . 210 • 211 Spartan Spies Watching Athens from Eleusis , Greek Soldiers in 322.
... of Leonidas at Sparta , · Athenian Helmets , • The Piræus and Long Walls of Athens , • 372 • 374 • · 376 • 378 . • 380 . · • 382 PAGE • 193 • . 210 • 211 Spartan Spies Watching Athens from Eleusis , Greek Soldiers in 322.
Pagina 191
... Greek Soldiers in Heavy and Light Armor , Death of Epaminondas , · PAGE . 218 · • 227 . 228 The Wounding of Philip , Coins of Alexander the Great , Entry of Alexander into Babylon - A Greek Frieze , Achaia and the Corinthian Gulf ...
... Greek Soldiers in Heavy and Light Armor , Death of Epaminondas , · PAGE . 218 · • 227 . 228 The Wounding of Philip , Coins of Alexander the Great , Entry of Alexander into Babylon - A Greek Frieze , Achaia and the Corinthian Gulf ...
Pagina 198
... Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation Edward Sylvester Ellis. PHA NEW TAK PUBLIC LIBRARY Greece - Dissensions of the Greeks 199 ceived a few.
... Upon the Leading Authorities, Including a Complete Chronology of the World, and a Pronouncing Vocabulary of Each Nation Edward Sylvester Ellis. PHA NEW TAK PUBLIC LIBRARY Greece - Dissensions of the Greeks 199 ceived a few.
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Achæan Æneas Alcibiades Alexander alliance allies ancient Antigonus Argos Aristides army Asia Athenians Athens attack battle became Boeotia brought Cæsar captured carried Carthage Carthaginians Cassander Christian citizens command compelled conquered consul Corinth Corinthians countrymen Crete Darius death defeated Demetrius Demosthenes destroyed empire enemy Epaminondas Epirus escape Eurybiades famous favor fighting fled fleet followed force fought Gauls gave Grecian Greece Greeks Hannibal Hellespont honor hundred invaders invasion island Italy king Lacedæmonians land later leader league legions Leonidas LIBRARY ASTOR Macedon Macedonian marched Mardonius Marius Miltiades passed peace Pelopidas Peloponnesian Peloponnesus Pericles Persian Philip Phocians plebeians Pompey Prince Pyrrhus refused remained Roman Rome Romulus Sabines Salamis satrap Scipio Senate sent ships Sicily siege slain slaves soldiers Sparta success Sultan surrender Tarquin Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly thousand throne took town troops Turkish Turks vessels victory walls Xerxes YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Pagina 311 - Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace." Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see; Naught spake he to Lars Porsena, To Sextus naught spake he ; But he saw on Palatinus The white porch of his home; And he spake to the noble river That rolls by the towers of Rome. "O Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day!
Pagina 205 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they, and where art thou, My country?
Pagina 311 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. "Down with him !" cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face; "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace.
Pagina 263 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Pagina 201 - Of those who at Thermopylae were slain, Glorious the doom, and beautiful the lot; Their tomb an altar : men from tears refrain To honour them, and praise, but mourn them not. Such sepulchre nor drear decay, Nor all-destroying time shall waste; this right have they. Within their grave the home-bred glory Of Greece was laid; this witness gives Leonidas the Spartan, in whose story A wreath of famous virtue ever lives."f § 16.
Pagina 311 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear...
Pagina 197 - Immortals,' because their number was always maintained. Nine thousand of them had their spears ornamented with pomegranates of silver at the reverse extremity ; while the remaining thousand, who occupied the outer ranks, carried spears similarly adorned with pomegranates of gold. After the ' Immortals ' came ten thousand Persian cavalry, who formed the rear of the royal retinue.
Pagina 297 - ... city. As he plowed, Romulus uttered the following prayer : Do thou, Jupiter, aid me as I found this city ; and Mavors [that is, Mars, the god of war and protector of agriculture], my father, and Vesta, my mother, and all other, ye deities, whom it is a religious duty to invoke, attend ; let this ivork of mine rise under your auspices.
Pagina 315 - America, established by the officers of the revolutionary army in 1783, 'to perpetuate their friendship, and to raise a fund for relieving the widows and orphans of those who had fallen during the war.
Pagina 361 - I am Sylla the Fortunate, who, in the course of my life, have surpassed both friends and enemies ; the former by the good, the latter by the evil I have done them." — In the civil wars carried on between Sylla and Marius, 150,000 Roman citizens were sacrificed, including 200 senators, and 33 men who had been consuls. 12. After the death of Sylla, the old dissensions again broke out between the two parties, supported respectively...