Pausanias' Description of Greece, Volume 2G. Bell, 1900 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 54
Page 17
... walls of Sparta , but they prevented their youths from train- ing as Lycurgus had ordained , and made them train in the Achæan way .. I shall enter into all this in more detail in my account about Arcadia . And the Lacedæmonians , being ...
... walls of Sparta , but they prevented their youths from train- ing as Lycurgus had ordained , and made them train in the Achæan way .. I shall enter into all this in more detail in my account about Arcadia . And the Lacedæmonians , being ...
Page 19
... walls all round their city from the foundation . And those Lacedæmonians who were restored from exile meditated all sorts of contrivances against the Achæans , hoping to injure them most in the following way . The Messenians who were ...
... walls all round their city from the foundation . And those Lacedæmonians who were restored from exile meditated all sorts of contrivances against the Achæans , hoping to injure them most in the following way . The Messenians who were ...
Page 27
... walls of Sparta : but he called them back from the pursuit at once , and rather went in for raids and plundering than sat down to a regular sicge . He was therefore fined 50 talents by the Achæans as a traitor for not following up his ...
... walls of Sparta : but he called them back from the pursuit at once , and rather went in for raids and plundering than sat down to a regular sicge . He was therefore fined 50 talents by the Achæans as a traitor for not following up his ...
Page 32
... walls the runaways from the fight and shut himself up there , the Achmeans might have obtained better terms from Mummius , if the war had been lengthened out by a siege . But as it was , directly the Achæans gave way before the Romans ...
... walls the runaways from the fight and shut himself up there , the Achmeans might have obtained better terms from Mummius , if the war had been lengthened out by a siege . But as it was , directly the Achæans gave way before the Romans ...
Page 33
... walls , not till the third day did he take Corinth in full force and set it on fire . And most of those that were left in the city were slain by the Ro- mans , and the women and children were sold by Mummius , as also were the slaves ...
... walls , not till the third day did he take Corinth in full force and set it on fire . And most of those that were left in the city were slain by the Ro- mans , and the women and children were sold by Mummius , as also were the slaves ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
30 stades Achæan League Achaeans afterwards Alpheus altar Amphictyones ancient Anticyra Aphrodite Apollo Arcadians Arcas Argives Argolis Argos army Artemis Athene Athenians barbarians battle Boeotia Boeotians brazen built Carians CHAPTER Codrus Corinth daughter Delphi Demeter Dionysus district Edited Elis Epaminondas erected Esculapius Etolians festival fled fought Galati gave goddess gods Greece Greeks grove Helice Hera Hercules Hermes History Homer honour Iliad Ilium inhabitants Ionians island king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Lycaon Macedonians Mantinea market-place Megalopolis Methydrium Mount mountain nians Nileus Nymph Odyssey Olympia oracle at Delphi Orchomenus painting Pellene Peloponnese Pheneus Phigalia Philip Philopomen Phocians Phocis place called Platea poems Polygnotus Poseidon priestess Psophis Pythian revised river road Romans Rome ruins sacred sacrifice sent slew sons Sparta stades further statue stone Stymphelus Tegea Thebans Thebes Thessalians Tisamenus tomb took town tradition Trans Translated Trophonius victory vols votive offering women Zeus
Popular passages
Page 318 - DIDRON'S Christian Iconography: a History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages. Translated by EJ Millington and completed by Margaret Stokes. With 240 Illustrations. 2 vols. 5*. each. DIOGENES LAERTIUS. Lives and Opinions of the Ancient Philosophers. Translated by Prof. CD Yonge, MA 5*.
Page 313 - BOND'S A Handy Book of Rules and Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates.
Page 7 - Is. 6d. per vol. Naval and Military Heroes of Great Britain ; or, Calendar of Victory. Being a Record of British Valour and Conquest by Sea and Land, on every day In the year, from the time of William the Conqueror to the Battle of Inkermann. By Major JOHNS, RM, and Lieutenant PH NICOLAS, RM Twenty-four Portraits 6s. Nicolini's History of the Jesuits: their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Designs. Fine Portraits of Loyola, Laines, Xavier, Borgia, Acquaviva, Pere la Cliaise, and Pope h'anganclli.
Page 11 - Don Carlos, Mary Stuart, Maid of Orleans, Bride of Messina, together with the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy (a short Essay).
Page 12 - SHARPE (S.) The History of Egypt, from the Earliest Times till the Conquest by the Arabs, AD 640.
Page 13 - Chess Tournament of 1851. A Collection of Games played at this celebrated assemblage. With Introduction and Notes. Numerous Diagrams. STOCKHARDT'S Experimental Chemistry. A Handbook for the Study of the Science by simple Experiments.
Page 6 - MILTON'S Prose Works. Edited by JA St. John. 5 vols. y. 6d. each. Poetical Works, with a Memoir and Critical Remarks by James Montgomery, an Index to Paradise Lost, Todd's Verbal Index to all the Poems, and a Selection of Explanatory Notes by Henry G. Bohn. Illustrated with 120 Wood Engravings from Drawings by W. Harvey. 2 vols.
Page 7 - NORTH (R.) Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guildford, the Hon. Sir Dudley North, and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North. By the Hon. Roger North.
Page 313 - English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.
Page 319 - Essays : on Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself ; on the epithet Romantic ; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion, y.