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... attack upon the historian , and speaks of the " honourablo frankness which Plutarch calls his malignity . " But it is probably merely a rhetor ical exercise , in which Plutarch has endeavoured to sco what could bo said against so ...
... attack upon the historian , and speaks of the " honourablo frankness which Plutarch calls his malignity . " But it is probably merely a rhetor ical exercise , in which Plutarch has endeavoured to sco what could bo said against so ...
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... attack them . Some say that Phaia was a murderous and licentious woman who carried on brigandage at Krommyon , and was called a sow from her life and habits , and that Theseus put her to death . X. Before coming to Megara he slew ...
... attack them . Some say that Phaia was a murderous and licentious woman who carried on brigandage at Krommyon , and was called a sow from her life and habits , and that Theseus put her to death . X. Before coming to Megara he slew ...
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... attacked those who were in ambush , and killed them all , hearing which the other body under Pallas dispersed . From ... attack the all of Marathon , who had caused no littlo trouble to the inhabitants of Tetrapolis . Ho overcame the ...
... attacked those who were in ambush , and killed them all , hearing which the other body under Pallas dispersed . From ... attack the all of Marathon , who had caused no littlo trouble to the inhabitants of Tetrapolis . Ho overcame the ...
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... attacked them . The battle took placo in the month Boedromion , on the day on which the Athenians celebrato the feast Boedromia . Kleidemus gives us accurate details , stating that the left wing of the Amazons stood at the place now ...
... attacked them . The battle took placo in the month Boedromion , on the day on which the Athenians celebrato the feast Boedromia . Kleidemus gives us accurate details , stating that the left wing of the Amazons stood at the place now ...
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... attack of the Amazons being brought about by Antiope to rovengo herself upon Theseus for his marriago with Phædra , and how she and her Amazons fought , and how Herakles slew them , all this is clearly fabulous . After the death of ...
... attack of the Amazons being brought about by Antiope to rovengo herself upon Theseus for his marriago with Phædra , and how she and her Amazons fought , and how Herakles slew them , all this is clearly fabulous . After the death of ...
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