The History of Greece: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, Volume 1 |
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affairs Agesilaus Alcibiades ambition Amphictyons Aristagoras Aristides arms army arrived Artaphernes assist Athe Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body carried cause Cimon citizens command conduct courage Cyrus danger death declared defeat defended Demaratus Demosthenes deputies eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fleet forces fought friends galleys gave give glory gods greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus Helotes honour horse hundred inhabitants institutions Ionians island killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysander manner Mardonius masters mean ment Miltiades nians Nicias obliged occasion offered oppose passed Pausanias peace Pelopidas Pericles Persian Pisistratus possessed prisoners resentment resolved rest retire sail seemed seized sent shewed ships 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 Xenophon Xerxes