Historical Greece Biographies
epub |eng | 1946-07-15 | Author:Quintus Curtius Rufus & Rufus Quintus Curtius
8 [1] When he could no longer maintain an expression at variance with his feelings, Alexander withdrew into his tent, which he had deliberately set on the river bank. [2] ...
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Women in History
July 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-12-05 | Author:Plutarch [Plutarch]
[9] Then, convinced that the long-anticipated moment had arrived, they ran en masse to the tyrant’s house to set it on fire. The towering flames that arose from the burning ...
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Ancient & Classical
July 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-27 | Author:Plato
1. See Apology 33e1 note. 2. Legend had it that Athens was once obliged to send King Minos of Crete an annual tribute of seven young men and seven maidens ...
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Greek & Roman
June 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Plutarch
ON GOD’S SLOWNESS TO PUNISH [548A] [1] Once our Epicurus1 had finished speaking, Quietus,2 he [B] didn’t give anyone a chance to respond, but since we happened to be at ...
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Ancient & Classical
April 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-15 | Author:Waldemar Heckel
11 The War in Central Asia bessus’ usurpation and the stiffening of resistance in Central Asia gave new urgency to the Macedonian cause. Failure to challenge the usurper could only ...
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Historical Greece Biographies
March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-08-29 | Author:John D. Grainger
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March 8,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Arrian
* * * CHAPTER XII. Callisthenes Refuses to Prostrate Himself. By making these and other remarks of a similar kind, Callisthenes greatly annoyed Alexander, but spoke the exact sentiments of ...
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Ancient & Classical
March 7,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:Moses Finley [Moses Finley]
Published by New Word City LLC, 2014 www.NewWordCity.com © Horizon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission ...
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February 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2005-05-25 | Author:Plutarch [Plutarch]
14. The Mantineans, then, were the first to appeal to him. And when he crept into the city by night, they expelled the Achaean garrison with his help, and then ...
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Ancient & Classical
May 13,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-05-11 | Author:Xenophon [Xenophon]
(5) See Wesley's anthem, Eccles. xliv. 1, "Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us." Per. All that you say, Socrates, is most true, but do ...
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Ancient & Classical
April 28,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-08 | Author:Bettany Hughes
Beauty in Athens at this time was seriously considered to be the sign of a brilliant and noble spirit; a gift of the gods. Those laudable qualities that justified privilege ...
( Category:
Philosophers
March 25,2014 )
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