Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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... carrying off a damsel , excelling all in beauty and comeliness and stature , whom when some of superior rank that met ... carried in by violence , and did not go in of their own will . Some say , too , the custom of parting the bride's ...
... carrying off a damsel , excelling all in beauty and comeliness and stature , whom when some of superior rank that met ... carried in by violence , and did not go in of their own will . Some say , too , the custom of parting the bride's ...
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... carried the silver that was coined , in seven hundred and fifty vessels , each of which weighed three talents , and was carried by four men . Others brought silver bowls and goblets and cups , all disposed in such order as to make the ...
... carried the silver that was coined , in seven hundred and fifty vessels , each of which weighed three talents , and was carried by four men . Others brought silver bowls and goblets and cups , all disposed in such order as to make the ...
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... carried off the money and valuables , but forbade the statues to be moved ; adding , as it is commonly related , " Let us leave to the Tarentines these offended gods . ' They blamed Marcellus , first for placing the city in an invidious ...
... carried off the money and valuables , but forbade the statues to be moved ; adding , as it is commonly related , " Let us leave to the Tarentines these offended gods . ' They blamed Marcellus , first for placing the city in an invidious ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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