Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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... taken by way of conjecture for the date of his birth , A.D. 120 , Hadrian's fourth year , may be assumed , in like manner , as pretty nearly that of his death . All that is certain is that he lived to be old ; that in one of his ...
... taken by way of conjecture for the date of his birth , A.D. 120 , Hadrian's fourth year , may be assumed , in like manner , as pretty nearly that of his death . All that is certain is that he lived to be old ; that in one of his ...
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... taken a Greek city called Rome , seated somewhere upon the great sea . But I do not wonder that so fabulous and high- flown an author as Heraclides should embellish the truth of the story with expressions about Hyperboreans and the ...
... taken a Greek city called Rome , seated somewhere upon the great sea . But I do not wonder that so fabulous and high- flown an author as Heraclides should embellish the truth of the story with expressions about Hyperboreans and the ...
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... taken up at present in erecting tents and preparing supper ; which he had no sooner said , but laying hold of his buckler and putting himself in the front , he led them on as it were to certain victory . The braveness of such a leader ...
... taken up at present in erecting tents and preparing supper ; which he had no sooner said , but laying hold of his buckler and putting himself in the front , he led them on as it were to certain victory . The braveness of such a leader ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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