A Pictorial History of Greece, Ancient and Modern

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Sorin & Ball and Samuel Agnew, 1847 - 363 من الصفحات

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Dishonesty of Themistocles LXXVII Themistocles LXXX Ascendancy of Pericles LXXII Battle of Salamis LXXIII Retreat of the Persians
188
Fortifying of Athens
193
204
204
Flight of Alcibiades
216
Discord at Athens Recall of Alcibiades His second disgrace His death vii Page 216
219
Origin of the Drama Dramatists of the Third Period
222
Dramatists continued
225
Poets and Historians of the Third Period
228
Philosophers of the Third Period
230
Socrates
233
Arts Artists of the Third Period PERIOD IV
241
gation of Greece by the Romans 146 B C
244
Greeks
246
Cyrus Artaxerxes Retreat of the ten thousand XCIV Agesilaus War with Persia
252
Efforts of Conon in behalf of Athens
254
The Olynthian War
257
Epaminondas
261
Battle of Leuctra Jason of Pheræ
264
Invasion of Laconia
268
Alliance of Athens and Arcadia
272
Olympic Festival Death of Epaminondas
273
Philip of Macedon
278
Athens The social war CIV 244
280
Amphipolis taken by Philip His marriage
282
Proceedings of the Amphictyons Phocian or Sacred War begun Phocians routed by Philip
284
Thermopylæ closed against Philip Demosthenes the Orator
288
Attack on Olynthus by Philip Fall of Olynthus
292
Athenian embassy to Pella Macedon made an Am phictyonic state
295
Cessation of war in Greece
297
Capture of Elatea Battle of Chæronea
301
Fall of Grecian independence Assassination of Philip His character
304
308
308
Invasion of Asia by Alexander Victory at the Gran icus
311
The Gordian knot Preparations of Darius CXV Battle of the Issus Tyre and Sidon Siege of Tyre
319
Alexander in Egypt Defeat of Darius
324
Babylon and Persepolis Death of Darius Alexan der in Scythia
329
Domestic affairs of Athens Invasion of India by Alexander
332
The illness and death of Alexander His character CXX Kingdom of Egypt Syria c founded Recall of exiles to Athens Death of Demosthenes CXXI De...
341
Rome fall of Greece
343
Writers of the Fourth Period
345
Historians Orators c of the Fourth Period
346
Philosophers Sophists and Artists of the Fourth Period
352
PERIOD V
359
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الصفحة 79 - God, the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments have been esteemed useful engines of government.
الصفحة 355 - They fought— like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain: They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose. Like flowers at set of sun.
الصفحة 65 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
الصفحة 50 - O'er her broad shoulders hangs his horrid shield, Dire, black, tremendous ! Round the margin roll'd, A fringe of serpents hissing guards the gold : Here all the terrors of grim War appear, Here rages Force, here tremble Flight and Fear, Here storm'd Contention, and here Fury frown'd, And the dire orb portentous Gorgon crown'd.
الصفحة 58 - THOU, of all creation blest, Sweet insect ! that delight'st to rest Upon the wild wood's leafy tops, To drink the dew that morning drops, And chirp thy song with such a glee, That happiest kings may envy thee ! Whatever decks the velvet field, Whate'er the circling seasons yield, Whatever buds, whatever blows, For thee it buds, for thee it grows. Nor yet art thou the peasant's fear, To him thy friendly notes are dear ; For...
الصفحة 49 - Of sounding brass ; the polish'd axle, steel. Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame; The circles gold, of uncorrupted frame, Such as the heavens produce : and round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd. The bossy naves of solid silver shone; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne : The car, behind, an arching figure bore ; The bending concave form'd an arch before. Silver the beam, the' extended yoke was gold, And golden reins the
الصفحة 271 - Know that a son is born to us. We thank the gods, not so much for their gift, as for bestowing it at a time when Aristotle lives. We assure ourselves that you will form him a prince, worthy of his father, and worthy of Macedon.
الصفحة 227 - Socrates was to drink the poison. His family and friends assembled early, to spend the last hours with him. Xanthippe, his wife, was much affected, and showed her grief by loud cries. Socrates made a sign to Crito to have her removed, as he wished to spend his last moments in tranquillity. He then talked with his friends first about his poem, then concerning suicide, and lastly concerning the immortality of the soul.
الصفحة 51 - Venus bewailed his death with much sorrow, and changed his blood, which was shed on the ground, into the flower anemone.
الصفحة 28 - ... that the Greeks constructed a wooden horse of prodigious size, in the body of which they concealed a number of armed men, and then retired towards the sea-shore, to induce the enemy to believe that the besiegers had given up the enterprise, and were about to return home. Deceived by this manoeuvre, the Trojans brought the gigantic horse into the city, and the men who had been concealed within it, stealing out in the night-time, unbarred the gates, and admitted the Grecian army within the walls....

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