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... Somo Greek writers having visited Libya and Iberia , or his journey to India corroborate the Egyptians in this , but as to Lykurgus of and separate casto of warriors . This he transferred to phemuting the that we know of tells this ...
... Somo Greek writers having visited Libya and Iberia , or his journey to India corroborate the Egyptians in this , but as to Lykurgus of and separate casto of warriors . This he transferred to phemuting the that we know of tells this ...
Page 74
... somo years afterwards , as he was returning from a journey through the country at harvest - time , when ho aw the sheaves of corn lying in equal parallel rows , ho as if it had just been divided among so many brothers . miled , and said ...
... somo years afterwards , as he was returning from a journey through the country at harvest - time , when ho aw the sheaves of corn lying in equal parallel rows , ho as if it had just been divided among so many brothers . miled , and said ...
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... Somo writers , however , among whom is Dioskorides , who wrote an ' Account of the Spartan Constitution , ' say that Lykurgus was struck upon the eye , but not blinded , and that ho built this temple as a thank - offering to the goddess ...
... Somo writers , however , among whom is Dioskorides , who wrote an ' Account of the Spartan Constitution , ' say that Lykurgus was struck upon the eye , but not blinded , and that ho built this temple as a thank - offering to the goddess ...
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... Somo foreign lady , it seems , said to her , " You Laconian women are the only ones that rule men . " She answered , " Yes ; for we alone bring forth men . " XIV . These were also incentives to marriage , I mean these processions , and ...
... Somo foreign lady , it seems , said to her , " You Laconian women are the only ones that rule men . " She answered , " Yes ; for we alone bring forth men . " XIV . These were also incentives to marriage , I mean these processions , and ...
Page 84
... somo interest in them , frequenting the gymnasia where they XVI . At this age the elder men took even greater were , and listening to their repartees with cach other , and that not in a languid careless manner , but just as if cach ...
... somo interest in them , frequenting the gymnasia where they XVI . At this age the elder men took even greater were , and listening to their repartees with cach other , and that not in a languid careless manner , but just as if cach ...
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