Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 169
... Greek lan- guage ; this is one of the actions he is commended for , as also for what he did to Arthmius of Zelea , who brought gold from the king of Persia to corrupt the Greeks , and was , by an order from Themistocles , degraded and ...
... Greek lan- guage ; this is one of the actions he is commended for , as also for what he did to Arthmius of Zelea , who brought gold from the king of Persia to corrupt the Greeks , and was , by an order from Themistocles , degraded and ...
Page 174
... Greeks to follow his advice , that they presently prepared to fight . Yet , when the enemy's fleet was arrived at the haven of Phalerum , upon the coast of Attica , and with the number of their ships concealed all the shore , and when ...
... Greeks to follow his advice , that they presently prepared to fight . Yet , when the enemy's fleet was arrived at the haven of Phalerum , upon the coast of Attica , and with the number of their ships concealed all the shore , and when ...
Page 186
... Greeks . The evils that I have done to the Persians are numerous ; but my benefits to them yet greater , in withholding the Greeks from pursuit , so soon as the deliverance of my own country allowed me to show kindness also to you . I ...
... Greeks . The evils that I have done to the Persians are numerous ; but my benefits to them yet greater , in withholding the Greeks from pursuit , so soon as the deliverance of my own country allowed me to show kindness also to you . I ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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