Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 53
... coming to look for him , found his body vanished ; and that some presently after , coming from abroad , said they met him travelling towards Croton . And that Cleomedes , being an extraordinarily strong and gigantic man , but also wild ...
... coming to look for him , found his body vanished ; and that some presently after , coming from abroad , said they met him travelling towards Croton . And that Cleomedes , being an extraordinarily strong and gigantic man , but also wild ...
Page 180
... coming into the hands of sailors and boatswains and pilots . Thus it was one of the orders of the thirty tyrants , that the hustings in the assembly , which had faced towards the sea , should be turned round towards the land ; implying ...
... coming into the hands of sailors and boatswains and pilots . Thus it was one of the orders of the thirty tyrants , that the hustings in the assembly , which had faced towards the sea , should be turned round towards the land ; implying ...
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... coming . But there were sacred geese kept near the temple of Juno , which at other times were plentifully fed , but now , by reason that corn and other provisions were grown scarce for all , were but in a poor condition . The creature ...
... coming . But there were sacred geese kept near the temple of Juno , which at other times were plentifully fed , but now , by reason that corn and other provisions were grown scarce for all , were but in a poor condition . The creature ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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