Notes and extracts in illustration of A slight sketch of universal history

Acropolis Alcibiades Alexander allies Amphiktyonic ancient appear Arcadia Argos arms army ascending Asia Asiatic assembly Athenian Athens attack Attica battle beautiful became Boeotia called Callicratidas Carthaginians cavalry character chorus citadel citizens coast coins command Corinth Cyrus Darius death Delphi Demosthenes Dionysius Egypt empire enemy Epaminondas Eschylus Euripides eyes favour feet festival fleet force formed friends glory goddess gods Grecian Greece Greek Grote ground hand height Hellenic Herodotus hill honour Ionia Ionic island king Lacedæmonians land Macedonian Marathon marble Mardonius military Minerva Mount mountains neighbouring o'er orator Parthenon passed Pausanias peace Pelopidas Peloponnesian Peloponnesus Pericles Persian Philip plain poet political present probably river ruin sacred Salamis satrap shield ships Sicily side slain Sophocles Sparta spear statue stood summit temple theatre Theban Thebes thee Thessaly thou Timoleon tion town treasures trireme troops vessels victory walls whole Wordsworth Xerxes