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... their name seems to point to an affinity with the Ligurians of the gulf of Genoa and 1 Grote , Hist . Gr . ii . 375 . 2 Thue . ii . 22 . the Lloegry of Britain and Gaul . To the south CHAP . IV . ] 25 HELLENES AND BARBARIANS .
... their name seems to point to an affinity with the Ligurians of the gulf of Genoa and 1 Grote , Hist . Gr . ii . 375 . 2 Thue . ii . 22 . the Lloegry of Britain and Gaul . To the south CHAP . IV . ] 25 HELLENES AND BARBARIANS .
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... seems to have been that the whole country stretching from Chai- roneia and Orchomenos to the Euboian sea and from the lands of the Opountain Lokrians to the Corinthian gulf was the inalienable possession of the Boiotian confederacy ...
... seems to have been that the whole country stretching from Chai- roneia and Orchomenos to the Euboian sea and from the lands of the Opountain Lokrians to the Corinthian gulf was the inalienable possession of the Boiotian confederacy ...
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... seems impossible to attain any certainty as to the mode in which they grew up . In the age of Herodotos no distinction of race existed between the full Spartan citizens and the Perioikoi , while a large proportion of the Helots was also ...
... seems impossible to attain any certainty as to the mode in which they grew up . In the age of Herodotos no distinction of race existed between the full Spartan citizens and the Perioikoi , while a large proportion of the Helots was also ...
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... seems to be that for the wealth of incident and splendour of colouring thrown over the narrative of this long struggle we are in- of the Mes- debted not to traditions of the time but to fictions which grew up after the restoration of ...
... seems to be that for the wealth of incident and splendour of colouring thrown over the narrative of this long struggle we are in- of the Mes- debted not to traditions of the time but to fictions which grew up after the restoration of ...
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... seems to have been effected gene- rally without any great convulsion and even without much dis- turbance . Subversion of the Greek oligarchies by tyrants . It might be supposed that the Greek cities which were thus governed by ...
... seems to have been effected gene- rally without any great convulsion and even without much dis- turbance . Subversion of the Greek oligarchies by tyrants . It might be supposed that the Greek cities which were thus governed by ...
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