An epitome of the history, laws, and religion of GreeceThomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, 1824 - 288 páginas |
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... period , is that in which the celebrated Olympic Games , in honour of Jupiter , were founded by Pelops , B. C. 1807 : these games after being neglected for some time , were again revived by Iphitus 884 , or , ac- cording to more general ...
... period , is that in which the celebrated Olympic Games , in honour of Jupiter , were founded by Pelops , B. C. 1807 : these games after being neglected for some time , were again revived by Iphitus 884 , or , ac- cording to more general ...
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... period of sixty years , that is from B. C. 491 to B. C. 431 years , or from the battle of Marathon to the Peloponnesian War . It was during this short period that Greece shone with unparallelled lustre . At this period her historians ...
... period of sixty years , that is from B. C. 491 to B. C. 431 years , or from the battle of Marathon to the Peloponnesian War . It was during this short period that Greece shone with unparallelled lustre . At this period her historians ...
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... period the Greeks were become luxurious , and greatly degenerated from their ancient simplicity , patriotism , and valour : and were able to make but a feeble stand against the energy and talents of Philip of Macedon , and his ...
... period the Greeks were become luxurious , and greatly degenerated from their ancient simplicity , patriotism , and valour : and were able to make but a feeble stand against the energy and talents of Philip of Macedon , and his ...
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... period to which the Athenians histories and traditions extend . He is said to have reigned thirty - two years , blest with fortune's choicest favours , but the conclusion of his life was no less mise- rable than the former had been ...
... period to which the Athenians histories and traditions extend . He is said to have reigned thirty - two years , blest with fortune's choicest favours , but the conclusion of his life was no less mise- rable than the former had been ...
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... periods , and fixed fates Of many cities , mighty states ; But know thou neither fear nor pain , Solicit not thyself in vain ; For , like a bladder that does bide The fury of the angry tide , Thou from high waves unhurt shall bound ...
... periods , and fixed fates Of many cities , mighty states ; But know thou neither fear nor pain , Solicit not thyself in vain ; For , like a bladder that does bide The fury of the angry tide , Thou from high waves unhurt shall bound ...
Términos y frases comunes
according afterwards ages ancient Anubis Apollo appears appointed Archons Areopagus assembly Athenians Athens Attica Bacchus brought called cause Cecrops celebrated Ceres character circumstances citadel citizens common commonwealth court Crete daughter death decree deities Demetrius divination drachms earth Egypt Egyptian enacted epithets father favour feasts festivals fiction figure flood former gave give goddess gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand harvests heaven Hebrew language Hebrew words honour Horus hundred inhabitants instituted inundation Isis judges Jupiter king labours laid language Latona laws liberty lots magistrates means Mercury Minerva Mythology oath obliged occasion Ogyges omen oracle Osiris Pausanias persons Phoenicians Piræus Pisistratus Pittheus Plutarch poets priests privilege Proedri Prytanes Prytaneum punishment received respect Roman sacred sacrifice Saturn seems senate signifies slaves solemn Solon Strabo symbols temple Theseus thing thirty tyrants thou tion tribe Venus winds
Pasajes populares
Página 256 - But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Página 231 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 254 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, Yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Página 4 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Página 4 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 261 - And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us.
Página 158 - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Página 186 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Página 186 - At her command rush forth the steeds divine ; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits ; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass; the polish'd axle, steel.
Página 154 - What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war ; for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.