Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 126
... Athenian ; for the Megarians turn the corpse to the east , the Athenians to the west . But Hereas the Megarian denies this , and affirms that they likewise turn the body to the west , and also that the Athenians have a separate tomb for ...
... Athenian ; for the Megarians turn the corpse to the east , the Athenians to the west . But Hereas the Megarian denies this , and affirms that they likewise turn the body to the west , and also that the Athenians have a separate tomb for ...
Page 169
... Athenians , who surpassed all the rest together in number of vessels , would not submit to come after any other , till Themistocles , perceiving the danger of the contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians ...
... Athenians , who surpassed all the rest together in number of vessels , would not submit to come after any other , till Themistocles , perceiving the danger of the contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians ...
Page 318
... Athenian captains who besieged Chalcedon concluded a treaty with Pharnabazus upon these articles : That he should give them a sum of money ; that the Chalcedonians should return to the subjection of Athens , and that the Athenians ...
... Athenian captains who besieged Chalcedon concluded a treaty with Pharnabazus upon these articles : That he should give them a sum of money ; that the Chalcedonians should return to the subjection of Athens , and that the Athenians ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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