A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaD. Appleton, 1865 |
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... seen that Alexander I. was permitted to contend at the Olympic games on the strength of the proofs he produced of his descent from Temenus , the Hera- clid king of Argus . * The claim thus admitted was a pretext ready to be used on any ...
... seen that Alexander I. was permitted to contend at the Olympic games on the strength of the proofs he produced of his descent from Temenus , the Hera- clid king of Argus . * The claim thus admitted was a pretext ready to be used on any ...
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... seen , by promising to give them the city , of which they had unaccountably neglected to take possession , though a year had elapsed since the withdrawal of the Macedonian garrison , and it had remained independent while Philip was ...
... seen , by promising to give them the city , of which they had unaccountably neglected to take possession , though a year had elapsed since the withdrawal of the Macedonian garrison , and it had remained independent while Philip was ...
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... seen , roused the Athenians to the great effort by which they stayed Philip's pro- gress at Thermopyla , convinced the orator that the safety of Greece was now at stake ; and that Athens , standing in the forefront of the danger , must ...
... seen , roused the Athenians to the great effort by which they stayed Philip's pro- gress at Thermopyla , convinced the orator that the safety of Greece was now at stake ; and that Athens , standing in the forefront of the danger , must ...
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... seen weeping or laughing , or bathing in the public baths . Once , when a speech of his was followed by applause , he turned to a friend and asked , " Have I unawares said something bad ? " He made a boast of his opposition to the ...
... seen weeping or laughing , or bathing in the public baths . Once , when a speech of his was followed by applause , he turned to a friend and asked , " Have I unawares said something bad ? " He made a boast of his opposition to the ...
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... seen standing before the river , and ran unto him in the fury of his power . And I saw him come close unto the ram , and he was moved with choler against him , and smote the ram , and brake his two horns and there was no power in the ...
... seen standing before the river , and ran unto him in the fury of his power . And I saw him come close unto the ram , and he was moved with choler against him , and smote the ram , and brake his two horns and there was no power in the ...
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Achæan Africa Agathocles Alexander Alexander's alliance allies Alps ancient Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Apennines army Asia Athenians Athens attack battle called Campania Carthage Carthaginians Cassander cavalry century chief citizens coast colonies Comitia command confederacy conquest consul Curiæ Darius death decemvirs defeat Demetrius Demosthenes Egypt election empire enemy Etruria Etruscans Fabius fleet followed force formed garrison Gauls Greece Greek Hamilcar Hannibal Hasdrubal Hellenic hill History of Rome island Italian Italy king land Latin Latium latter league legend Lilybæum Lucanians Lysimachus Macedonian marched Meanwhile mercenaries military Mommsen nations party patricians peace peninsula Persian phalanx Philip Phocion Phoenician plebeians political possession Ptolemy Punic Pyrrhus race republic river Roman Rome Sabine sacred Samnites Samnium Scipio seems Senate sent Servius ships shores Sicily siege soldiers Sparta success Syracuse Tarentum Tarquin temple territory Tiber tion trace treaty tribes tribunes Tyre Veientines victory Volscians whole
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Seite 150 - Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Seite 32 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Seite 32 - And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Seite 365 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Seite 502 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Seite 366 - CARTHAGE. Carthage and her Remains : being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa and other adjacent Places. Conducted under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government.
Seite 224 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Seite 381 - First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears, Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 82 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Seite 222 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.