Greek LeadersHoughton Mifflin, 1918 - 259 էջ |
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Achaian Agesilaus Alcibiades Alexander alliance allies ancient Aratus Arcadian Argos Aristides army Asia Assembly Athenian Athens attack barbarian battle became Boeotian brought called campaign career Carthaginian Cimon citizens command Corinth course court Darius death defeat democracy democratic Demosthenes Dionysius empire enemy envoys Epaminondas equal exile famous fell fight fleet force gods greatest Greece Greek hand held Hellas Hellenic henceforth Himilco honor hundred Ionian king Lacedæmonians land leader League Lysander Macedon Macedonian Mantinea Meletus ment mercenaries moreover never Nicias once party patriotic peace Pelopidas Peloponnesian Peloponnesus Pericles Persian Pharnabazus Philip Phocion Piræus Plutarch political popular revolt rival Salamis seems sent ships Sicels Sicily Sicyon Socrates soldiers Solon Sparta spirit stood Syracuse Tegea Theban Thebes Themistocles thousand tion Tissaphernes took towns troops turned tyrant victory whole words young youth
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Էջ 209 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers : I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Էջ 14 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea: I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Էջ 19 - If then we prefer to meet danger with a light heart but without laborious training, and with a courage which is gained by habit and not enforced by law, are we not greatly the gainers? Since we do not anticipate the pain, although, when the hour comes, we can be as brave as those who never allow themselves to rest; and thus too our city is equally admirable in peace and in war.
Էջ 19 - And in the matter of education, whereas they from early youth are always undergoing laborious exercises which are to make them brave, we live at ease, and yet are equally ready to face the perils which they face.
Էջ 89 - I met them and told them not to be discouraged, and promised to remain with them; and there you might see him, Aristophanes, as you describe, just as he is in the streets of Athens, stalking like a pelican, and rolling his eyes, calmly contemplating enemies as well as friends, and making very intelligible to anybody, even from a distance, that whoever attacked him would be likely to meet with a stout resistance...
Էջ 88 - ... ran through the wondering crowd that Socrates had been standing and thinking about something ever since the break of day. At last, in the evening after supper, some lonians out of curiosity (I should explain that this was not in winter but in summer), brought out their mats and slept in the open air that they might watch him and see whether he would stand all night. There he stood until the following morning; and with the return of light he offered up a prayer to the sun, and went his way.
Էջ 90 - ... and sees what is within will find that they are the only words which have a meaning in them, and also the most divine, abounding in fair...
Էջ 82 - But then you'll excel in the games you love well, all blooming, athletic and fair: Not learning to prate as your idlers debate with marvellous prickly dispute, Nor dragged into Court day by day to make sport in some small disagreeable suit: But you will below to the Academe go, and under the olives contend With your chaplet of reed, in a contest of speed with some excellent rival and friend: All fragrant with woodbine and peaceful content, and the leaf which the...
Էջ 90 - I should grow old sitting at his feet. For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with...
Էջ 90 - For he makes me confess that I ought not to live as I do, neglecting the wants of my own soul, and busying myself with the concerns of the Athenians ; therefore I hold my ears and tear myself away from him.