Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... Athenæus f says , that by the enumeration of Demetrius Phalereus , there were in Athens 21,000 citizens , 10,000 strangers , and 400,000 slaves . This number is much insisted on by those whose opinion I call in question , and is ...
... Athenæus f says , that by the enumeration of Demetrius Phalereus , there were in Athens 21,000 citizens , 10,000 strangers , and 400,000 slaves . This number is much insisted on by those whose opinion I call in question , and is ...
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... Athenæus , men full of age are only understood . For , 1. Herodotus says , that Aristagoras , ambassador from the Ionians , found it harder to deceive one Spartan than 30,000 Athenians ; meaning , in a loose way , the whole state , sup ...
... Athenæus , men full of age are only understood . For , 1. Herodotus says , that Aristagoras , ambassador from the Ionians , found it harder to deceive one Spartan than 30,000 Athenians ; meaning , in a loose way , the whole state , sup ...
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... Athenæus . Ninthly , The whole census of the state of Athens was less than 6000 talents . And though numbers in ancient ma- nuscripts be often suspected by critics , yet this is unexcep- tionable ; both because Demosthenes , who gives ...
... Athenæus . Ninthly , The whole census of the state of Athens was less than 6000 talents . And though numbers in ancient ma- nuscripts be often suspected by critics , yet this is unexcep- tionable ; both because Demosthenes , who gives ...
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... Athenæus , whatever it is , comprehends all the inha- bitants of Attica , as well as those of Athens . The Athe- nians affected much a country life , as we learn from Thu- cydides ; and when they were all chased into town , by the ...
... Athenæus , whatever it is , comprehends all the inha- bitants of Attica , as well as those of Athens . The Athe- nians affected much a country life , as we learn from Thu- cydides ; and when they were all chased into town , by the ...
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... Athenæus , ( lib . i . cap . 25. ) who flou- rished during the reign of the Antonines , that the town Ma- reia , near Alexandria , which was formerly a large city , had dwindled into a village . This is not , properly speaking , a con ...
... Athenæus , ( lib . i . cap . 25. ) who flou- rished during the reign of the Antonines , that the town Ma- reia , near Alexandria , which was formerly a large city , had dwindled into a village . This is not , properly speaking , a con ...
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