Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page vii
... once specially mentioned in the Lives ; a descendant of Themis- tocles had studied with Plutarch under Ammonius . We find it mentioned that he three times held the office , once so momentous in the world's history , of strategus at ...
... once specially mentioned in the Lives ; a descendant of Themis- tocles had studied with Plutarch under Ammonius . We find it mentioned that he three times held the office , once so momentous in the world's history , of strategus at ...
Page 295
... once to a grammar- school , and asked the master for one of Homer's books ; and he making answer that he had nothing of Homer's , Alcibiades gave him a blow with his fist , and went away . Another schoolmaster telling him that he had ...
... once to a grammar- school , and asked the master for one of Homer's books ; and he making answer that he had nothing of Homer's , Alcibiades gave him a blow with his fist , and went away . Another schoolmaster telling him that he had ...
Page 369
... once before , by admitting their allies , made a decree to maintain four hundred mercenaries for its security , and gave Timophanes the command over them , he , abandoning all regard to honour and equity , at once proceeded to put into ...
... once before , by admitting their allies , made a decree to maintain four hundred mercenaries for its security , and gave Timophanes the command over them , he , abandoning all regard to honour and equity , at once proceeded to put into ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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