 The Athenians were the first who laid aside arms and adopted an easier and more luxurious way of life. Quite recently the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore undergarments of linen, and...  Thucydides Translated Into English - Page 5by Thucydides - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 698 pages
...the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen, and bound back their...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors." — [Thucydides : I. : 6. IV. : p. 72. — " This plant, which by its nature should be akin to oiw... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 704 pages
...refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garinente of linen, and bound back their hair in a knot, with...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors." — [Thucydides : I. : 6. IV. : p. 72. — "This plant, which by its nature should be akin to our common... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1890 - 272 pages
...the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore undergarments of linen, and bound back their...knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers (tettinx)." Thucydidts, i. 6. Juwctt'i translation.] been the means and methods, seized upon their... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1892 - 434 pages
...the oldfashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen, and bound back their...knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers (tettinx)." — Thucydida, i. 6. Jowett's translation.^ [" " For this Thessalian land has evil herbs... | |
 | Lady Maria Millington Lathbury Evans - 1893 - 158 pages
...the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen and bound back their...knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers (Gr. rerrlytav). The same customs long survived among the elders of Ionia, having been derived from... | |
 | Lady Maria Millington Lathbury Evans - 1893 - 150 pages
...and bound back their hair in a knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers (Gr. rerriiyatv). The same customs long survived among the elders of...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors. ' 45 Hat., v., 82. " Thuc., i., 6. " On the other hand the simple dress which is now common was first... | |
 | E. E. G. - 1903 - 748 pages
...recently the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of the richer class, who bound back their hair in a knot with golden clasps in the form of grasshoppers." — Tliuc. I. vi. (Jowett). Of long wanderings undertaken in the night of time, from an original home... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 796 pages
...the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen, and bound back their...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors." Ruskin discusses in the Queen of the Air, § 38, the symbolism of the olive in the myth of its gift... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 774 pages
...the old-fashioned refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garments of linen, and bound back their...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors." Ruskin discusses in the Queen of the Air, § 38, the symbolism of the olive in the myth of its gift... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 808 pages
...refinement of dress still lingered among the elder men of their richer class, who wore under-garmeuts of linen, and bound back their hair in a knot with...having been derived from their Athenian ancestors." Ruskin discusses in the Queen of the Air, § 38, the symbolism of the olive in the myth of its gift... | |
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