Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, المجلد 2T. Tegg, 1840 - 4 من الصفحات |
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... Alexander left Ephesus , he marched to Miletus . But the city , expecting succours from the Persians , closed its gates against him . Memnon , one of the most valiant commanders of Darius , who had shut himself up in the fortress ...
... Alexander left Ephesus , he marched to Miletus . But the city , expecting succours from the Persians , closed its gates against him . Memnon , one of the most valiant commanders of Darius , who had shut himself up in the fortress ...
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... Alexander acted in a manner much more noble and generous than he had done before , or did after in many cases ; -he treated the Milesians with great humanity . The foreigners , however , that had taken part with them , he sold as slaves ...
... Alexander acted in a manner much more noble and generous than he had done before , or did after in many cases ; -he treated the Milesians with great humanity . The foreigners , however , that had taken part with them , he sold as slaves ...
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... Alexander . It has been styled the metropolis and head of Ionia ; the bulwark of Asia ; chief in war and peace ; mighty by sea ; the fertile mother , which had poured forth her sons to every quarter . It afterwards fell so low as to ...
... Alexander . It has been styled the metropolis and head of Ionia ; the bulwark of Asia ; chief in war and peace ; mighty by sea ; the fertile mother , which had poured forth her sons to every quarter . It afterwards fell so low as to ...
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... Alexander's opinion of this celebrated woman may be gathered from the following passage of his speech to his army : - " You wish to enjoy me long ; and even , if it were possible , for ever ; but , as to myself , I compute the length of ...
... Alexander's opinion of this celebrated woman may be gathered from the following passage of his speech to his army : - " You wish to enjoy me long ; and even , if it were possible , for ever ; but , as to myself , I compute the length of ...
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... Alexander's character . He had no notion of true glory . He did not know either the principle , the rule , or end of it . He certainly placed it where it was not . He was strongly prejudiced in vulgar error , and cherished it . He ...
... Alexander's character . He had no notion of true glory . He did not know either the principle , the rule , or end of it . He certainly placed it where it was not . He was strongly prejudiced in vulgar error , and cherished it . He ...
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adorned afterwards Alexander ancient antiquity appears Arabs arches architecture Arrian Augustus baths beautiful brick building built Cæsar called capital Caracalla celebrated chamber colossal columns desert destroyed Diodorus Doric order edifice Egypt Egyptian emperor empire entire erected excavated feet high figures fire Forum four fragments gates granite Greece Greek height Herodotus honour horses hundred immense inhabitants inscriptions Julius Cæsar Jupiter king length Luxor magnificent manner marble miles Miletus monuments mountains obelisks once ornaments Pæstum paintings palace Palmyra Pausanias Persepolis Persians Petra Phigalia pillars plain Pliny Plutarch Pompeii portico present preserved reign remains river rock Roman Rome round ruins says sculptures sepulchres side Sidon spot standing statues stone stood Strabo supposed theatre Thebes Thermæ thing thou thousand Tiber tion tomb Totila towers town Trajan traveller Tyre vast Vespasian victory Wady Mousa walls whole