Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Volume 10Francis Lieber Desilver, Thomas, 1836 |
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Page 103
... PHOCION ; an Athenian general , and one of the most virtuous characters of antiquity . Though of humble descent , he received a good education , and im- bibed , under Plato and other philosophers , those elevated sentiments which ...
... PHOCION ; an Athenian general , and one of the most virtuous characters of antiquity . Though of humble descent , he received a good education , and im- bibed , under Plato and other philosophers , those elevated sentiments which ...
Page 104
... Phocion with some troops to Euboea , in hopes to induce the inhabitants to form a junction with him . The gold of Philip rendered this project abortive , and Pho- cion was obliged to retire , with his troops , to an eminence for ...
... Phocion with some troops to Euboea , in hopes to induce the inhabitants to form a junction with him . The gold of Philip rendered this project abortive , and Pho- cion was obliged to retire , with his troops , to an eminence for ...
Page 105
... Phocion re- quested a friend to pay him , and said , jestingly , " It is not even allowed us to die gratis in Athens . " His body was thrown , unburied , beyond the limits of Athens , but his friends carried it to Eleusis , and burnt it ...
... Phocion re- quested a friend to pay him , and said , jestingly , " It is not even allowed us to die gratis in Athens . " His body was thrown , unburied , beyond the limits of Athens , but his friends carried it to Eleusis , and burnt it ...
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... Phocion 69 Phocis . Phoenicia Mirandola ) Picquet ( see Piquet ) 102 Picrotoxia . 116 117 66 119 66 " 6 120 " " 66 " L " L 66 66 66 121 66 123 124 66 125 66 66 66 " L " " 66 126 66 Pictet ( Marcus Augustus ) . 66 66 Pictou 66 103 Picts ...
... Phocion 69 Phocis . Phoenicia Mirandola ) Picquet ( see Piquet ) 102 Picrotoxia . 116 117 66 119 66 " 6 120 " " 66 " L " L 66 66 66 121 66 123 124 66 125 66 66 66 " L " " 66 126 66 Pictet ( Marcus Augustus ) . 66 66 Pictou 66 103 Picts ...
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