The House of Seleucus, Volum 2E. Arnold, 1902 |
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Pàgina 2
... present King , his son Prusias , was little friendly either to Achaeus or Attalus . The complete victory of either would , he knew , leave him face to face with a strong Hellenic king who would be a most inconvenient neighbour ...
... present King , his son Prusias , was little friendly either to Achaeus or Attalus . The complete victory of either would , he knew , leave him face to face with a strong Hellenic king who would be a most inconvenient neighbour ...
Pàgina 5
... present his attack was directed . And in making it he had two things mainly in his favour . One was the hold which the Seleucid name had upon the Macedonian soldiery . The other was the mutual hostility of those powers which had divided ...
... present his attack was directed . And in making it he had two things mainly in his favour . One was the hold which the Seleucid name had upon the Macedonian soldiery . The other was the mutual hostility of those powers which had divided ...
Pàgina 10
... present themselves on a certain night he named , when there would be no moon , and he would commit himself to them . Before that night came Bolis was again with Cambylus under the stars at some lonely spot near the Seleucid camp . had ...
... present themselves on a certain night he named , when there would be no moon , and he would commit himself to them . Before that night came Bolis was again with Cambylus under the stars at some lonely spot near the Seleucid camp . had ...
Pàgina 11
... present themselves . All this time Achaeus had kept his intended venture from his wife Laodice . He had now to break it to her and take his leave . in the citadel were spent in the terrible farewell , in his endeavours to soothe and ...
... present themselves . All this time Achaeus had kept his intended venture from his wife Laodice . He had now to break it to her and take his leave . in the citadel were spent in the terrible farewell , in his endeavours to soothe and ...
Pàgina 14
... present moment was roughly what it had been in the latter years of Antiochus II . Since the fearful shock given by Ptolemy Euergetes to the Empire , the Seleucid strip of Asia 1 At Ketshi - Agyl , two kilometres south of Cape Hydra ...
... present moment was roughly what it had been in the latter years of Antiochus II . Since the fearful shock given by Ptolemy Euergetes to the Empire , the Seleucid strip of Asia 1 At Ketshi - Agyl , two kilometres south of Cape Hydra ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 20 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 29 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Pàgina 296 - The field all iron cast a gleaming brown : Nor wanted clouds of foot, nor, on each horn, Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight, Chariots, or elephants indorsed with towers Of archers...
Pàgina 303 - But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him : and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
Pàgina 298 - Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
Pàgina 188 - Gentiles had defiled it : and they pulled down the altar, and laid up the stones in the mountain of the house in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to give an answer concerning them.
Pàgina 160 - Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people, and every one should leave his laws; so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
Pàgina 174 - The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.