Aischulou Persai. The Persæ of Æschylus, ed. by A.O. Prickard1879 |
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... which the world , so far as Greek historians could speak , had never seen . " What people of Asia , " says Herodotus ' , " did not Xerxes lead against Greece , 1 VII . 21 . or what water was there which did not fail them xii INTRODUCTION .
... which the world , so far as Greek historians could speak , had never seen . " What people of Asia , " says Herodotus ' , " did not Xerxes lead against Greece , 1 VII . 21 . or what water was there which did not fail them xii INTRODUCTION .
Side xiii
... speak . When Xerxes numbered his troops at Doriscus in Thrace , the land- army was found to contain one million seven hundred thousand men , coming from some scores of countries , differing in armour , in dress , in language , and in ...
... speak . When Xerxes numbered his troops at Doriscus in Thrace , the land- army was found to contain one million seven hundred thousand men , coming from some scores of countries , differing in armour , in dress , in language , and in ...
Side xx
... speaking of a similar but less gigantic evil of later times- " like a cloud . " To us , looking back over more than twenty cen- turies , this spectacle of Asia and Hellas locked in long and deadly conflict is one of strange wonder and ...
... speaking of a similar but less gigantic evil of later times- " like a cloud . " To us , looking back over more than twenty cen- turies , this spectacle of Asia and Hellas locked in long and deadly conflict is one of strange wonder and ...
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... speak with accuracy , for instance about the numbers of the Persian fleet , his claim should probably be allowed ; in other matters the balance is rather in favour of the historian . We also see how wisely Aeschylus chose his method ...
... speak with accuracy , for instance about the numbers of the Persian fleet , his claim should probably be allowed ; in other matters the balance is rather in favour of the historian . We also see how wisely Aeschylus chose his method ...
Side 41
... speaking as the venerable representatives of Persia , express the apprehension and gloom abroad in Susa and throughout the empire touching the absent king and army , of whom no tidings reach home . The lan- guage in which they dwell on ...
... speaking as the venerable representatives of Persia , express the apprehension and gloom abroad in Susa and throughout the empire touching the absent king and army , of whom no tidings reach home . The lan- guage in which they dwell on ...
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