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2 It is confessed by all that from his youth he was of a vehement and impetuous
nature , of a quick apprehension , and a strong and aspiring bent for action and
state attairs . The holidays and intervals in his studies he did not spend in play or
...
2 It is confessed by all that from his youth he was of a vehement and impetuous
nature , of a quick apprehension , and a strong and aspiring bent for action and
state attairs . The holidays and intervals in his studies he did not spend in play or
...
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For it is said that Themistocles was so transported with the thoughts of glory , and
so inflamed with the passion for great actions , that though he was still young
when the battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon Battle the ...
For it is said that Themistocles was so transported with the thoughts of glory , and
so inflamed with the passion for great actions , that though he was still young
when the battle of Marathon was fought against the Persians , upon Battle the ...
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This is one of the actions he is commended for , as also for what he did to
Arthmius of Zelea , who brought gold from the king of Persia to corrupt the Greeks
, and was , by an order from Themistocles , degraded and disfranchised , he and
his ...
This is one of the actions he is commended for , as also for what he did to
Arthmius of Zelea , who brought gold from the king of Persia to corrupt the Greeks
, and was , by an order from Themistocles , degraded and disfranchised , he and
his ...
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11 Among the great actions of Themistocles at this crisis , the recall of Aristides
was not the least . For before the war he had been ostracised by the party which
Themistocles headed , and was in banishment ; but now , perceiving that the ...
11 Among the great actions of Themistocles at this crisis , the recall of Aristides
was not the least . For before the war he had been ostracised by the party which
Themistocles headed , and was in banishment ; but now , perceiving that the ...
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... his ships , that they should set out with two hundred galleys at once , to
encompass all the islands and inclose all the straits and passages , that none of
the Greeks might escape , and should prepare the rest of the fleet for action at
leisure .
... his ships , that they should set out with two hundred galleys at once , to
encompass all the islands and inclose all the straits and passages , that none of
the Greeks might escape , and should prepare the rest of the fleet for action at
leisure .
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