The Anabasis of Xenophon: Chiefly According to the Text of L. Dindorf, with Notes for the Use of Schools and Colleges |
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Page 239 - Trosach's rugged jaws; And here the horse and spearmen pause, While, to explore the dangerous glen, Dive through the pass the archer-men.
Page 273 - Heet has two sources, and is divided by a wall ш the centre, on one side of which the bitumen bubbles up, and on the other side, the oil of naptha, for the two productions are always found in the same situations. The bitumen is at first brittle, but is rendered capable of being applied to brick, by being boiled with a certain proportion of oil. It furnishes the finest of all cements. Cf. Bib. Repos. Vol. VIII. pp. 158-89. 13. ¿«¿у«/»;. A reference to these canals, with which the region of...
Page 223 - Nothing, certainly, can be more entertaining than such a sight; the wings, by their rapid but unwearied vibrations, equally serving them for sails and oars; while their feet, no less assisting in conveying them out of sight, are no less insensible of fatigue.
Page 247 - Si continuative. aiivbr, active, vigilant. olxovófior, a manager of 'household affairs, a steward ; "one who has authority over the slaves or servants of a family, to assign their tasks and portions, with which was also united the general management of accounts.
Page 236 - Cyrus stationed himself in the left wing. - yt).r¡r, ie he had no helmet on his head. That he wore a turban is evident from the nature of the case, as well as from the testimony of Ctesias (cf. Plut. Artax. 11), who says that in the battle his tiara fell off. This was probably the т«ауа ¿yi>ij (Ci'.
Page 209 - Yet, while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh ! prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon wild fig-trees join the wall of Troy : Thou from this tower defend th...
Page 198 - The Cretans were celebrated for their skill in archery, and in later times, for their gross immorality and odious vices. Cf. Polyb. 4. 17, and also Paul's quotation (Tit. 1 : 12.) from Epimenides, one of their own poets.
Page 328 - OjUOJOi and u7ro ; ueto^es, which, in later times, appears to have been considerable. The latter term probably comprehended those citizens who, from degeneracy of manners or other causes, had undergone some kind of civil degradation. To these the b/j.otot were opposed, although it is not certain in what the precise difference consisted.
Page 217 - ... would express the facility of making a false step in ascending a precipitous height or descending a steep declivity. Passow prefers this derivation of the word, adding, however, another АЛЛ, а).ап/лоч, that from which the footstep slips.