School History of GreeceHarper, 1877 - 349 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... task . Note on the Spelling of Greek Names . No attempt has been made in this volume to alter the spelling of Greek names which have assumed genuine English forms , - e.g. Athens , Thebes , Corinth , Thrace . It would be well perhaps if ...
... task . Note on the Spelling of Greek Names . No attempt has been made in this volume to alter the spelling of Greek names which have assumed genuine English forms , - e.g. Athens , Thebes , Corinth , Thrace . It would be well perhaps if ...
Pàgina 9
... task . Grains of fact may be buried beneath them ; but we have not the means for separating the fact from the fiction . There may , of course , have been a Trojan war under- taken to avenge the wrongs of an earthly Helen . But it is ...
... task . Grains of fact may be buried beneath them ; but we have not the means for separating the fact from the fiction . There may , of course , have been a Trojan war under- taken to avenge the wrongs of an earthly Helen . But it is ...
Pàgina 20
... task was at once practically accomplished . The history of the Peisistratidai at Athens sufficiently illus- trates the means by which tyrannies were established and put down ; and when we find stories more or less resembling the ...
... task was at once practically accomplished . The history of the Peisistratidai at Athens sufficiently illus- trates the means by which tyrannies were established and put down ; and when we find stories more or less resembling the ...
Pàgina 26
... task beyond the powers of Babylonian and Egyptian priests with all their wealth of astronomical observa- tions . He began a new work and he set about its accomplish- ment by the application of a new method . Henceforth the object to be ...
... task beyond the powers of Babylonian and Egyptian priests with all their wealth of astronomical observa- tions . He began a new work and he set about its accomplish- ment by the application of a new method . Henceforth the object to be ...
Pàgina 30
... colony of Carthage . This great city had been compelled to put down Hellenic incroachment in Africa . The same task awaited her in Sicily calling for greater efforts on her part and involving a 30 BK . I. The Formation of Hellas .
... colony of Carthage . This great city had been compelled to put down Hellenic incroachment in Africa . The same task awaited her in Sicily calling for greater efforts on her part and involving a 30 BK . I. The Formation of Hellas .
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