Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 85
... passed in order through the assembly without speaking a word . Those who were locked up had writing - tables with them , in which they recorded and marked each shout by its loudness , without know- ing in favour of which candidate each ...
... passed in order through the assembly without speaking a word . Those who were locked up had writing - tables with them , in which they recorded and marked each shout by its loudness , without know- ing in favour of which candidate each ...
Page 207
... passed over in silence . But the priests that belonged to other gods , and the most elderly of the senators , men who had been consuls and had enjoyed triumphs , could not endure to leave the city ; but , putting on their sacred and ...
... passed over in silence . But the priests that belonged to other gods , and the most elderly of the senators , men who had been consuls and had enjoyed triumphs , could not endure to leave the city ; but , putting on their sacred and ...
Page 247
... passed over with forces ; and then , immediately after , news came that the Megarians were turned their enemies ; and a hostile army was upon the borders of Attica , under the conduct of Plistoanax , King of the Lacedæmonians ...
... passed over with forces ; and then , immediately after , news came that the Megarians were turned their enemies ; and a hostile army was upon the borders of Attica , under the conduct of Plistoanax , King of the Lacedæmonians ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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