Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 132
... hundred measures of fruit , dry and liquid , he placed in the first rank , calling them Penta- cosiomedimni ; those that could keep an horse , or were worth three hundred measures , were named Hippada Teluntes , and made the second ...
... hundred measures of fruit , dry and liquid , he placed in the first rank , calling them Penta- cosiomedimni ; those that could keep an horse , or were worth three hundred measures , were named Hippada Teluntes , and made the second ...
Page 376
... hundred . With these he marched out of Tauromenium , which was about three hundred and forty furlongs distant from that city . The first day he moved but slowly , and took up his quarters betimes after a short journey ; but the day ...
... hundred . With these he marched out of Tauromenium , which was about three hundred and forty furlongs distant from that city . The first day he moved but slowly , and took up his quarters betimes after a short journey ; but the day ...
Page 466
... hundred ; of the third , one hundred . The general account , however , prevails , that those spoils only are Õpima which the general first takes in set battle , and takes from the enemy's chief captain whom he has slain with his own ...
... hundred ; of the third , one hundred . The general account , however , prevails , that those spoils only are Õpima which the general first takes in set battle , and takes from the enemy's chief captain whom he has slain with his own ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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