 the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were utterly and at all points defeated, and their sufferings were prodigious. Fleet and army perished from the face of the earth ; nothing was saved, and of the many who went forth few returned home.  Thucydides - Page 547by Thucydides - 1881Full view - About this book
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 348 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition. And thus shall end our presentation of Thucydides. PHILOSOPHY.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 350 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition. And thus shall end our presentation of Thucydides. PHILOSOPHY.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 328 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition. And thus shall end our presentation of Thucydides. PHILOSOPHY IV.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1888 - 342 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition. And thus shall end our presentation of Thucydides. PHILOSOPHY.... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1892 - 334 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. Thus ended the Sicilian expedition. And thus shall end our presentation of Thucydides. VI. PLATO. Socrates... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. THE SACRIFICE OF ANTIGONE. BY SOPHOCLES. (Translated by RC Jebb.) [SOPHOCLES : A famous Greek tragic... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...the Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished ; for they were...and of the many who went forth few returned home. THE SACRIFICE OF ANTIGONE. BY SOPHOCLES. (Translated by RC Jebb.) [SomocLES: A famous Greek tragic... | |
 | 1882 - 1114 pages
...of Athens and the Athenians. was of all Hellenic actions on record the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished, for they were...and of the many who went forth, few returned home. This is the great sight of the place, but there is plenty to be seen at Syracuse as well as the scenes... | |
 | Evelyn Abbott - 1900 - 584 pages
...any Hellenic actions which are on record, this was the greatest, the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished, for they were...were prodigious. Fleet and army perished from the earth—nothing was saved; and of the many who went forth, few returned home." 2 1 Pint. Jfic. 29.... | |
 | Arthur Mayer Wolfson - 1902 - 578 pages
...place in this war, . . ." says Thucydides, "this was the greatest—the most glorious to the victors, the most ruinous to the vanquished; for they were...and of the many who went forth, few returned home." In Athens, there was no longer any question of the extension of the empire. Only by most strenuous... | |
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