And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed; his were the only offensive and defensive arms of the city. Plutarch - Page 337by Plutarch - 1831Full view - About this book
| Plutarchus - 1810 - 746 pages
...exceeds even the hundred-handed giants of fable?" And in truth all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the all-moving and informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed ; his were the only offensive... | |
| Plutarch - 1811 - 352 pages
...exceeds even the hundred handed giants of fable?" And in truth all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the all moving and informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed; his were the only offensive... | |
| Plutarchus - 1812 - 690 pages
...wilbiu the •oiuidi ol probability. teries of Archimedes, while lie himself was the informing soul: ill other weapons lay idle and unemployed; his were the...they saw but a rope or a stick put over the walls, tbn cried out that Archimedes was levelling some machine at them, u1. turned their backs and fled.... | |
| Plutarch - 1816 - 314 pages
...exceeds even the hundred handed giants of fable?" And in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes,, while he himself was the all-moving and informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed ; his were the only offensive... | |
| Plutarch - 1821 - 378 pages
...even the hundredhanded giants in the fable ?" And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes,...but a rope or a stick put over the walls, they cried but that Archimedes was leveling some machine at them, and turned their backs and fled. Marcellus seeing... | |
| Plutarch - 1822 - 504 pages
...even the hundred-handed giants in the fable ?" And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes,...but a rope or a stick put over the walls, they cried out, that Archimedes was levelling some machine at them, and turned their hacks and fled. Marcellus... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1822 - 524 pages
...handed giants in the fable ? And in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the bodies in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was...unemployed; his were the only offensive and defensive arms in the city. At length the Romans were so terrified, that if they saw but a rope or stick put over... | |
| 1824 - 706 pages
...the fable?" And, in truth, (adds the old Greek biographer,) all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes,...the only offensive and defensive arms of the city. That, Mr. President, was the application of science to art with a witness to it, and in the noblest... | |
| Plutarch - 1834 - 496 pages
...t,Jte hundred-handed giants in the fable?” And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes,...unemployed; his were the only offensive and defensive arms ¿f the city. At last, the Roman¿ were so terrified, that if they saw but a rope or a stick put over... | |
| Henry Wilkinson - 1841 - 288 pages
...bridge which is suddenly protruded from the tower to the wall is called exostra" 1 Plutarch states, that "at last the Romans were so terrified, that if they saw but a stick or a rope put over the walls,. they cried out, " Archimedes was levelling some machine at them,"... | |
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