The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies And Conquests; From the Earliest ... 3-4
The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies And Conquests; From the Earliest ... 3-4
John Gillies
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time, a general congress of the Grecian states, nJ^^ to settle and adjust their interests at the court of a foreign prince. It might be expected, that a scene so new and interesting should have ex- cited the attention of historians i yet they have left us ignorant in what city of his dominions Artaxerxes received the Greeks. At their arrival, the King treated Antalcidas with that partial kindness due to an ancient guest and favourite i but at their public audience, the appearance, the fame, and... the eloquence of Pe- lopidas, more miotic than that of Athens, more . nervous than that of Sparta^, entitled him to a just pre&rence, which the King, whose ranilc and temper alike disdained restraint, was at no pains to conceal* The Theban represented that in the battle of Repre- Hataea, fought above a century ago, and ever of Pciow- since tbat memorable engagement, his country, pj^^ men had uniformly adhered to the interest of monarch. Persia, at the risk of losing whatever men hold most precious.
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