The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 6Collins and Company, 1820 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 64
Page 9
... observed , even with enemies . While the ships of the republic were employed in taking the prizes already mentioned , a great commotion happened at Rhodes , respecting the statues of Antigonus and Deme- trius , which had been erected in ...
... observed , even with enemies . While the ships of the republic were employed in taking the prizes already mentioned , a great commotion happened at Rhodes , respecting the statues of Antigonus and Deme- trius , which had been erected in ...
Page 17
... observed , was master of all the countries between the Euphrates and the Indus , and was desirous of acquiring those that lay beyond the latter of those rivers . In order , therefore , to improve the favourable conjuncture of his union ...
... observed , was master of all the countries between the Euphrates and the Indus , and was desirous of acquiring those that lay beyond the latter of those rivers . In order , therefore , to improve the favourable conjuncture of his union ...
Page 18
... observe . The absolute necessity he was under of engaging in this war was one of his strongest inducements for concluding so sudden a peace with the In- dian prince . a The Athenians , at the same time , called in Demetrius , to assist ...
... observe . The absolute necessity he was under of engaging in this war was one of his strongest inducements for concluding so sudden a peace with the In- dian prince . a The Athenians , at the same time , called in Demetrius , to assist ...
Page 19
... observe cer- tain intervals , it being lawful to celebrate the lesser myste- ries only in the month of March and the greater in that of October . In order , therefore , to obviate this inconvenience , and satisfy so religious a prince ...
... observe cer- tain intervals , it being lawful to celebrate the lesser myste- ries only in the month of March and the greater in that of October . In order , therefore , to obviate this inconvenience , and satisfy so religious a prince ...
Page 28
... age : and it must be acknow- ledged , that every instance of his early conduct denoted ex- traordinary merit , and raised great expectations of his future glory . " Athens , as we have already observed , had 28 Book XVI . HISTORY OF.
... age : and it must be acknow- ledged , that every instance of his early conduct denoted ex- traordinary merit , and raised great expectations of his future glory . " Athens , as we have already observed , had 28 Book XVI . HISTORY OF.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accordingly Achæans Achæus advantage Ætolians affairs afterwards Agis Alexander alliance allies ambassadors Antigonus Antiochus Apelles Aratus Argos arms army arrived Asia assembly Athenians attack Attalus battle besieged brother camp carried Cassander caused Chalcis citizens Cleomenes command concluded consul Corinth crown death declared defeated Demetrius desirous dominions Egypt employed endeavoured enemy engaged entered expedition favour fleet forces formed Gauls gave glory gold greatest Greece Greeks Hannibal helepolis honour horse immediately inhabitants Italy Justin king kingdom Lacedæmonians Leonidas liberty Lysimachus Macedonia Machanidas manner master Megaleas Nabis obliged occasion passed peace Peloponnesus person Philadelphus Philip Philopomen Plut Plutarch Polyb Polybius prince prisoners provinces Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus Ptolemy Soter Pyrrhus Quintius received reign rendered returned Rhodians Romans Rome seized Seleucus senate sent Sicyon side siege soldiers soon Sparta succour Syria temple Thessaly things thought thousand took treaty troops tyrant utmost victory whole
Popular passages
Page 117 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together ; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement : but she shall not retain the power of the arm ; neither shall he stand, nor his arm : but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Page 110 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Page 119 - And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
Page 110 - And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Page 110 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Page 126 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.