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Page 122
... sent to Delphi . This is the general report , only some , instead of a tripod , say this present was a cup sent by Croesus ; others , a piece of plate that one Bathycles had left . It is stated , that Anacharsis and Solon , and Solon ...
... sent to Delphi . This is the general report , only some , instead of a tripod , say this present was a cup sent by Croesus ; others , a piece of plate that one Bathycles had left . It is stated , that Anacharsis and Solon , and Solon ...
Page 125
... sent a trusty friend to Salamis , who should pretend himself a renegade , and advise them , if they desired to seize the chief Athenian women , to come with him at once to Colias ; the Megarians presently sent off men in the vessel with ...
... sent a trusty friend to Salamis , who should pretend himself a renegade , and advise them , if they desired to seize the chief Athenian women , to come with him at once to Colias ; the Megarians presently sent off men in the vessel with ...
Page 452
... sent an embassy to Thebes , to desire succours and a general ; and Pelopidas , knowing that Epaminondas was de- tained by the Peloponnesian affairs , offered himself to lead the Thessalians , being unwilling to let his courage and skill ...
... sent an embassy to Thebes , to desire succours and a general ; and Pelopidas , knowing that Epaminondas was de- tained by the Peloponnesian affairs , offered himself to lead the Thessalians , being unwilling to let his courage and skill ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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