The Grecian History: From the original of Greece, to the end of the Peloponnesian war. Containing the space of about 1684 yearsJ. and R. Tonson, 1751 - Greece |
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Affiftance Afia againſt Alcibiades alfo alſo Anſwer Argives Argos Army arriv'd Athe Athenians Athens Attica Baotians Battle becauſe befides beſt Buſineſs call'd carry'd Cecrops Cimon City Command Confederates continu'd Corcyra Corinth Country Daughter Death Defign eafily Enemy faid fame Father fays fecond feems fent ferv'd fettled feven feveral fhould fince firft firſt flain Fleet fome foon forc'd ftill fucceeded fuch fufficient Gallies gave greateſt Grecians Greece Gylippus happen'd Hiftory himſelf Honour hundred Inland Intereft intire kill'd King Kingdom Lacedæmonians laft laſt leaſt lefs Lycurgus Mafter Mardonius meaſure moft Mony moſt muſt Name neceffary nians Nicias Number occafion Ogyges Olymp Olympiad oppos'd Oracle pafs'd Paufanias Peloponnefians Peloponnefus Perfian Perfon Pericles prefent publick Reaſon receiv'd refolv'd reft Reign reign'd return'd ſeems ſeveral Ships Sicyon Sparta ſtill Succeffion Succefs thefe Theffaly Themistocles themſelves Theopompus theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Thrace tion took Tyndareus uſe whofe Xerxes
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Page 25 - Government, or ena& new Laws, all was to be done with the Advice and Approbation of the Oracle, whofe Determinations were always held facred and inviolable. As to the Caufes of Oracles, Jupiter was look'd upon as the firft Caufe of this and all other forts of Divination-, he had the Book of Fate before him, and out of that reveal'd either more or lefs, as he pleas'd, to inferior Demens.
Page 24 - The oraclts were ranked among the nobleft and moft religious " kinds of divination ; the defign of them being to fettle fuch an " immediate way of converfe with their Gods, as to be able by " them not only to explain things intricate and obfcure, but alfo " to anticipate the knowledge of future events ,• and that with far " greater certainty than they could hope for from men, who out of " ignorance and prejudice muft fometimes either conceal or betray " the truth. So that this became the only fafe...
Page 27 - tis a common opinior-, that thry" " were univerfally filenc'd upon our Saviour's appearance in the " world: And if the Devil had been permitted for fo many ages " to delude mankind, it might probably have been fo. But we
Page 390 - They were so well satisfied with the prudence and sincerity of this advice, that he drew them from Nicias to rely entirely upon himself ; and the next day when the people were assembled, and the ambassadors introduced, Alcibiades, with a very obliging air, demanded of them with what powers they were come ? They made answer that they were not come as plenipotentiaries. Upon which he instantly changed his voice...
Page 27 - Oracle, who uttered her refponfes in heroick verfe. They found a fecret charm in numbers, which made every thing look pompous ' and weighty. And hence it became the general praftice of legiflators and philofophers, to deliver their laws and maxims in ' that drefs : and fcarce any thing in thofe ages was writ of exccl' lence or moment but in verfe.
Page 147 - ... among them ; — and by this means brought a part of them over to his proposal. The rest, fearing his power, which was already grown very formidable, and knowing his courage and resolution, chose rather to be persuaded than forced into a compliance. He then dissolved all the distinct state-houses, council halls, and magistracies, and built one common state-house...
Page 24 - immediate way of converfe with their Gods, as to be able by " them not only to explain things intricate and obfcure, but alfo " to anticipate the knowledge of future events ,• and that with far " greater certainty than they could hope for from men, who out of " ignorance and prejudice muft fometimes either conceal or betray " the truth. So that this became the only fafe way of deliberating " upon affairs of any confequence, either publick or private. " Whether to proclaim war, or conclude a peace...
Page 26 - Lycurgus, and all the famous law-givers took ; and indeed " they found the people fo entirely devoted to this part of religion, ' that it was generally the eafieft, and fometimes the only way of ' winning them into a compliance. And then they took care to
Page 27 - Subjeft, they funk proportionably in their Efteem and Dignity. As to the Hiftory of Oracles, we find them mention'd in the very Infancy of Greece-, and it is as uncertain when they were finally extindt, as when they begun.
Page 119 - Beotia, and built the city, calling it Thebes, from the city of that name in Egypt. To this prince is ascribed the invention of sixteen letters of the Greek Alphabet, Athens was the capital of Attica, founded by Cecrops, an Egyptian. It was the seat of learning and the arts, and has produced some of the most celebrated warriors, statesmen, orators, poets, and sculptors in...