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... given . But the Athenians say that , when the Amazons came , Antiope was shot by Molpadia with an arrow , and that Molpadia was slain by Theseus . There is a monument also to Molpadia among the Athenians . And as one ascends from the ...
... given . But the Athenians say that , when the Amazons came , Antiope was shot by Molpadia with an arrow , and that Molpadia was slain by Theseus . There is a monument also to Molpadia among the Athenians . And as one ascends from the ...
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... given to Conon by King Artaxerxes ; and he acted as an Athenian and one who had ancestral connection with Salamis , for his pedigree went up to Teucer and the daughter of Cinyras . Here too are statues of Zeus , surnamed Éleu- therius ...
... given to Conon by King Artaxerxes ; and he acted as an Athenian and one who had ancestral connection with Salamis , for his pedigree went up to Teucer and the daughter of Cinyras . Here too are statues of Zeus , surnamed Éleu- therius ...
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... given to Lagus to wife by Philip . And they say that Ptolemy not only dis tinguished himself brilliantly in Asia Minor , but , when danger befel Alexander at Oxydrace , he of all his com panions was foremost to bring him aid . And upon ...
... given to Lagus to wife by Philip . And they say that Ptolemy not only dis tinguished himself brilliantly in Asia Minor , but , when danger befel Alexander at Oxydrace , he of all his com panions was foremost to bring him aid . And upon ...
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... given as being of real merit and benefactors , but to Philip and Alexander more , from the flattery of the community towards them , for they also honoured Lysimachus by a statue , not so much out of good will as thinking him useful ...
... given as being of real merit and benefactors , but to Philip and Alexander more , from the flattery of the community towards them , for they also honoured Lysimachus by a statue , not so much out of good will as thinking him useful ...
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... given to him , he called together a council of the chief men of Epirus and Tarentum , and read none of the letters which he had with him but merely said that aid would come . And quickly a report spread among the Romans , that the ...
... given to him , he called together a council of the chief men of Epirus and Tarentum , and read none of the letters which he had with him but merely said that aid would come . And quickly a report spread among the Romans , that the ...
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