Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 301
... arms against the Lacedæmonians in one day before Mantinea ; and , moreover , to remove the war and the danger so far from the frontier of the Athenians , that even success would profit the enemy but little , should they be conquerors ...
... arms against the Lacedæmonians in one day before Mantinea ; and , moreover , to remove the war and the danger so far from the frontier of the Athenians , that even success would profit the enemy but little , should they be conquerors ...
Page 328
... arms ; and feeling that adventitious implements and artificial arms would effect little , and be of small use to such as have not their native and natural weapons well fixed and prepared for service , he so exercised and inured his body ...
... arms ; and feeling that adventitious implements and artificial arms would effect little , and be of small use to such as have not their native and natural weapons well fixed and prepared for service , he so exercised and inured his body ...
Page 465
... arms to Jupiter Feretrius . The king of the Gauls beholding Marcellus , and from the badges of his authority conjecturing him to be the general , advanced some way before his embattled army , and with a loud voice challenged him , and ...
... arms to Jupiter Feretrius . The king of the Gauls beholding Marcellus , and from the badges of his authority conjecturing him to be the general , advanced some way before his embattled army , and with a loud voice challenged him , and ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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