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... period with Othrys , may be considered as one of the of its history , entirely parted from the sea by most favoured regions of Greece ; and its nat- Locris , includes some narrow but fertile plains ural beauty and singular advantages ...
... period with Othrys , may be considered as one of the of its history , entirely parted from the sea by most favoured regions of Greece ; and its nat- Locris , includes some narrow but fertile plains ural beauty and singular advantages ...
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... period at- tracted the Phoenicians by its copper mines , and in later times became almost indispensable to the subsistence of Athens , * though it covers the whole eastern coast of Locris and Boeotia , is more closely connected with the ...
... period at- tracted the Phoenicians by its copper mines , and in later times became almost indispensable to the subsistence of Athens , * though it covers the whole eastern coast of Locris and Boeotia , is more closely connected with the ...
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... period of its history , rose near the ed by a vast gap at the foot of a mountain , openings of two ravines or valleys , those of the through which it descends to rise again , under Helisson and the Asopus . The latter river de- the more ...
... period of its history , rose near the ed by a vast gap at the foot of a mountain , openings of two ravines or valleys , those of the through which it descends to rise again , under Helisson and the Asopus . The latter river de- the more ...
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... period ther east - to the Azores , and from the 45th to of Greek literature among the learned , and the 35th degree of latitude , * the greater part of which was adopted in its full extent by the elder the world known to the Greeks ...
... period ther east - to the Azores , and from the 45th to of Greek literature among the learned , and the 35th degree of latitude , * the greater part of which was adopted in its full extent by the elder the world known to the Greeks ...
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... period is mentioned during which the name of Pelasgians prevailed , though He- rodotus holds it unquestionable that the Atheni- ans always belonged to that nation . There was , indeed , a people which dwelt for a time in Atti- ca , and ...
... period is mentioned during which the name of Pelasgians prevailed , though He- rodotus holds it unquestionable that the Atheni- ans always belonged to that nation . There was , indeed , a people which dwelt for a time in Atti- ca , and ...
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Page xxiv - But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity, and are jealous of all encroachment on ground consecrated by prescription to the free play of blind caprice.
Page 161 - ... though the highest offices of the state might be reserved to a privileged class. But a finished democracy, that which fully satisfied the Greek notion, was one in which every attribute of sovereignty might be shared, without respect to rank or property, by every freeman.
Page 94 - ... in the Hades, or the still more terrible Tartarus ; while, on the other hand, only the most exalted heroes are, after their death, endowed with a new body and enjoy the pleasures of Elysium. But these are very exceptional cases : ' When a man is dead,' says the shade of Anticlea, ' the flesh and the bones are left to be consumed by the flames, but the soul passes away like a dream.
Page 329 - Platsans, who were not in the plot, imagined the force by which their city had been surprised to be much stronger than it really was, and, as no hostile treatment was offered to them, remained quiet, and entered into a parley with the Thebans. In the course of these conferences they gradually discovered that the number of the enemy was small, and might be easily overpowered ; and, as they were in general attached to the Athenians, or, at least, strongly averse to an alliance with Thebes, they resolved...
Page 80 - ... of Helen, Paris only repeats an exploit also attributed to Theseus. ***** If however we reject the traditional occasion of the Trojan war, we are driven to conjecture in order to explain the real connection of the events ; yet not so as to be wholly without traces to direct us.
Page 88 - Thirlwall (Greece, vol. ip 176, seq.) well illustrate the character of the friendship subsisting between the two heroes:— " One of the noblest and most amiable sides of the Greek character, is the readiness with which it lent itself to construct intimate and durable friendships ; and this is a feature no less prominent in the earliest, than in later times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively...
Page 80 - We find it impossible to adopt the poetical story of Helen, partly on account of its inherent improbability, and partly because we are convinced that Helen is a merely mythological person.
Page 119 - Athenians now sent a herald to claim the body of their king, and the Dorian chiefs, deeming the war hopeless, withdrew their forces from Attica. Such is the story which continued for centuries to warm the patriotism of the Athenians...
Page xxiii - One consisting of persons who wish to acquire something more than a superficial acquaintance with Greek history, but who have neither leisure nor means to study it for themselves in its original sources ; the other of such as have access to the ancient authors, but often feel the need of a guide and an interpreter.
Page 36 - Nature were spread over the face of Boeotia, the abundant returns of its grain, the richness of its pastures, the materials of luxury furnished by its woods and waters, are chiefly remarkable, in an historical point of view, from the unfavourable effect they produced on the character of the race, which finally established itself in this envied territory. It was this cause, more than the dampness and thickness of their atmosphere, that depressed the intellectual and moral energies of the Boeotians,...