The History of Greece: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, Volume 1 |
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affairs Agesilaus Alcibiades ardour Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived Artaphernes arts assistance Athe Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body carried cause Cimon citizens Cleombrotus command conduct courage Cyrus danger death declared defeat defended Demaratus Demosthenes eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fight fleet forces former fought friends galleys gave give glory gods greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus honour hopes horse hundred inhabitants Ionians island killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysander manner Mardonius masters mean Miltiades nians Nicias obliged occasion offered oppose passed Pausanias peace Pelopidas Pericles Persian Pisistratus Platæans possessed prisoners resolved rest retire sail seemed seized sent shewed ships Sicily side siege slaves Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thought thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops tyrant utmost valour victory walls whole army Xenophon Xerxes