The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... became famous as the favourite haunt of Aristotle , and the birthplace of the Peripatetic philosophy . The yet more famous seat of the rival philosophy seems also to have owed something to the Pisistratids , for Hipparchus was said to ...
... became famous as the favourite haunt of Aristotle , and the birthplace of the Peripatetic philosophy . The yet more famous seat of the rival philosophy seems also to have owed something to the Pisistratids , for Hipparchus was said to ...
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... became entangled in their wars , and usually found herself upon the losing side . Upon the death of Alexander the Athenians claimed their liberty , but they at once had to submit to Antipater ( 322 B.C. ) , who placed a garrison in ...
... became entangled in their wars , and usually found herself upon the losing side . Upon the death of Alexander the Athenians claimed their liberty , but they at once had to submit to Antipater ( 322 B.C. ) , who placed a garrison in ...
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... became the chief magistrate . Under Claudius the city was taken , but recovered soon Constantine the Great gloried in the title of General of Athens , which had been conferred upon him , and expressed high satisfaction on obtaining from ...
... became the chief magistrate . Under Claudius the city was taken , but recovered soon Constantine the Great gloried in the title of General of Athens , which had been conferred upon him , and expressed high satisfaction on obtaining from ...
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... became a professional class ( 400-300 B.C. ) Yet it was not the value of the prizes themselves which led men to devote their lives to athletic exercises . That was at most very insignificant . But from the heroic legends of competitions ...
... became a professional class ( 400-300 B.C. ) Yet it was not the value of the prizes themselves which led men to devote their lives to athletic exercises . That was at most very insignificant . But from the heroic legends of competitions ...
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... became the mouth of a father of the church , that the best of all causes and the most precious of all moments had been pusillanimously thrown away . He acquiesced in what he could not prevent , took the oaths to the House of Hanover ...
... became the mouth of a father of the church , that the best of all causes and the most precious of all moments had been pusillanimously thrown away . He acquiesced in what he could not prevent , took the oaths to the House of Hanover ...
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