Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 291
... Alcibiades , only that it bloomed with him in all the ages of his life , in his infancy , in his youth , and in his manhood ; and , in the peculiar character becoming to each of these periods , gave him , in every one of them , a grace ...
... Alcibiades , only that it bloomed with him in all the ages of his life , in his infancy , in his youth , and in his manhood ; and , in the peculiar character becoming to each of these periods , gave him , in every one of them , a grace ...
Page 295
... Alcibiades took advantage chiefly of his vanity and ambition , and thrust him on unseason- ably to undertake great enterprises , persuading him , that as soon as he ... Alcibiades , who was on horseback , observing it , L 407 Alcibiades 295.
... Alcibiades took advantage chiefly of his vanity and ambition , and thrust him on unseason- ably to undertake great enterprises , persuading him , that as soon as he ... Alcibiades , who was on horseback , observing it , L 407 Alcibiades 295.
Page 296
... Alcibiades , together with a portion of ten talents , and that after , when she had a child , Alcibiades forced him to give ten talents more , upon pretence that such was the agree- ment if she brought him any children . Afterwards ...
... Alcibiades , together with a portion of ten talents , and that after , when she had a child , Alcibiades forced him to give ten talents more , upon pretence that such was the agree- ment if she brought him any children . Afterwards ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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