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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PYTHIUS THE LYDIAN. When Xerxes was at Celene, a city of Phrygia, Pythius, a Lydian, who had his residence in that city, and next to the king was the most opulent prince of those times, entertained him and his whole army with incredible magnificence, and made him an offer of alt his wealth towards defraying the expenses of his expedition. Xerxes surprised and charmed at so generous an offer, had the curiosity to enquire to what sum his riches amounted. Pythius replied, that having the design of offering them to his service, he had taken an exact account of them, and that the silver he had by him amounted to two thousand talents, (about,255,000 sterling) and the gold to four millions of daries, wanting seven thousand (about l.TOO.OOO sterling). All this money he offered him, saying, that his revenue was sufficient for the support of his household. Xerxes made him very hearty acknowledgments, but declined his munificent offer. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, being anxious to attach the triumvir to her person and interest, made daily entertainments during her stay at Tarsus, inviting him and the chief officers of his army to partake of them, and spending on those occasions immense sums of money. In ono- of these banquets, Antony expressing great surprise at the vast number of gold cups enriched with jewels, which were displayed on all sides, the queen told him, that since he admired such trifles, hewas very welcome to them, and immediately ordered her servants to carry them all to his house. The next day she invited him again, and desired him to bring with him as many of his friends as he pleased. He accepted the invitation, and came attended with all the chief officers at that time in Tarsus. When the banquet was over, and the numerous guests ready to depart...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217918053
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 90
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217918050
  • Publisher Date: 21 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 177 gr


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