Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 185
... king about important affairs concerning which the king was extremely solicitous . Artabanus answered him : " O stranger , the laws of men are different , and one thing is honourable to one man , and to others another ; but it is ...
... king about important affairs concerning which the king was extremely solicitous . Artabanus answered him : " O stranger , the laws of men are different , and one thing is honourable to one man , and to others another ; but it is ...
Page 186
... king , and had paid his reverence to him , he stood silent , till the king commanding the interpreter to ask him who he was , he replied , “ O king , I am Themistocles the Athenian , driven into banishment by the Greeks . The evils that ...
... king , and had paid his reverence to him , he stood silent , till the king commanding the interpreter to ask him who he was , he replied , “ O king , I am Themistocles the Athenian , driven into banishment by the Greeks . The evils that ...
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... king's good genius hath brought thee hither . " Yet , when he came into the presence , and again fell down , the king saluted him , and spake to him kindly , telling him he was now indebted to him two hundred talents ; for it was just ...
... king's good genius hath brought thee hither . " Yet , when he came into the presence , and again fell down , the king saluted him , and spake to him kindly , telling him he was now indebted to him two hundred talents ; for it was just ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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