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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Greeks was The whole number es, up to three hundred Ships, but ten of these were selected apart from the rest5. 340! That is, ten of a larger rate, as we should say, than the rest. To use another modern term, these were the flagships of the Grecian armament. The rate of their galleys was, of course, determined by the number of tiers of oars on each side the vessel. But Xerxes, for I know it, had a thousand, Which he led, in number, and of those which excel in swiftness Twice a hundred, and seven 1: thus stands the matter. fight? Seem we to you then, as to numbers, to have been inferior in that But thus some deity destroyed the army, Weighing down the scale with preponderating bad fortunes. ATOSSA. The gods protect the city of the goddess Minerva. MESSENGER. The city of Athens is, yes truly is it, indestructible 2; For where there are Men the bulwarks are safe. ATOSSA. But tell me what was the beginning of the attack of the ships, 350 And who began the fight, whether the Greeks, Or my son, elated with his number of ships. MESSENGER. Appearing I wot not whence, my liege, the whole mischief began An evil spirit, or demon accurst3. 8 That is, as a state; for the city of Athens had been deserted, and was at the period of the battle of Salamis in the possession of Xerxes. "The Athenians, ' says Gillies, "abandoned to the Persian rage their villages, their territory, their walls, their city itself, with the revered tombs of their ancestors; their wives and children, and aged parents were removed to the isles of Salamis and iEgina." 3 "An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife." Shakespear. For a Greek', from the Athenian camp Arriving, told thy son Xerxes this, --That " when the darkness of night approach'd, The...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781234382391
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1234382393
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jan 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 64 gr


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