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... time (the I and its roots). 21 4) – The I and history, both modern and ancient. The I and science, the I and philosophy, the I and religion, the... ...ng, require that certain specific virtues be acted upon. For example, the Thebans at Thermopylae, and even before that, had chosen a value: they ch... ...om and courage he creates new ways of acting, ways that surprised both the ancient world and the one that came afterwards. But Ulysses does even more... ...did, the stars found in the Big Dipper. Those who learned to navigate in ancient times looked at the sky for a long time while they were still on ...

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...ie of our Judgement XLVIII. Of Steeds, called in French Destriers XLIX. Of ancient Customes L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus LI. Of the Vanitie of Word... ... than the best, disclaimeth all memorie, authorities, or borrowing of the ancient or moderne; whereas in course of his discourse he seemes acquainte... ...all meanes and compass to bee expressed by teares.' The invention of that ancient Painter might happily fit this purpose, who in the sacrifice of Ip... ... a more authenticall testimonie of humane imbecilitie, it is noted by our Ancients that Diodorus the Logician, being surprised with an extreme passi... ...ing by shooting of arrowes to draw God to some reason. Now, as saith that ancient Poet in Plutarch, Point ne se faut corroucer aux affaires, Il ne ... ...med the sharper witted: about Thebes the aire is grosse, and therefore the Thebans were grosse and strong of constitution.' In such manner that as fr...

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...ry in Crete; that the Cretans, in former times, to acquit themselves of an ancient vow which they had made, were used to send an offering of the first... ...oddess had the name of Epitrapia. When he arrived at Crete, as most of the ancient histori- ans as well as poets tell us, having a clue of thread give... ...ary , which name signifies purification, and the very day of the feast was anciently called Februata; but its name is equivalent to the Greek Lycaea; ... ... and awe of him; many foreign nations, too, showed respect to Romulus; the Ancient Latins sent, and entered into league and confederacy with him. Fide... ...s so called because the citizens were called Quirites; others, because the ancients called a dart or spear Quiris; thus, the statue of Juno resting on... ...being thought, that, by his continual incursions into Boeotia, he made the Thebans a match for the Lacedaemonians; and therefore Antalcidas, seeing hi... ... said to him, that he was very well paid for taking such pains to make the Thebans good soldiers, whether they would or no. These laws were called the... ... expressly to meddle with any of a better kind. And, accordingly, when the Thebans made their invasion into Laconia, and took a great number of the He... ...isthenes, too, one of the schol- ars of Socrates, said, in earnest, of the Thebans, when they were elated by their victory at Leuctra, that they looke...

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... there was a man, named Diopithes, at Sparta, who had a great knowledge of ancient oracles, and was thought particularly skillful and clever in all po... ...nd giving the left wing to the Orchomenians, he himself led the right. The Thebans took the right wing of their army, leaving the left to the Argives.... ...st fought battle that he had seen. The beginning of it was not so, for the Thebans soon put the Orchomenians to rout, as also did Agesilaus the Argive... ...rtunity, but fell on at once, think- ing to bear them down before him. The Thebans were not behind him in courage, so that the battle was fiercely car... ...g of Persia’s conditions, his particu- lar end in this being to weaken the Thebans; for it was made one of the articles of peace, that the country of ... ...ian expeditions against them. Out of the fore- sight of which it was, that anciently Lycurgus, in three sev- eral laws, forbade them to make many wars... ...ficient to recover the glory of it, and to raise it to 82 V olume Two its ancient greatness. For as we see in human bodies, long used to a very stric... ...ace. When Epaminondas restored Messene, and recalled from all quarters the ancient citizens to inhabit it, they were not able to obstruct the design, ... ...from Agesilaus; who was slain by Leonidas, while attempting to restore the ancient discipline of Sparta. 89 Plutarch’s Lives POMP POMP POMP POMP POMP...

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...ivil disobedience or revolt. Now, when we con- sider how intimate, and how ancient, was the connection 9 Thomas de Quincey press voice of God. Such a... ...lating general expres- sions (such as recorded a moral indignation against ancient fallacies or evasions connected with the dispute) into direct ebull... ... saw young Mrs. Harvey, as well as Colonel Watson. And amongst them was an ancient German gentle- man, to what century belonging I do not know, who ha... ...the other, sad, fuscous, begrimed with the snuff of ages, namely, the most ancient Schreiber. Ah! if they could have been divided—these twin yoke-fell... ...ly; such me- mentos, I mean, as, by reviving painful recollections of that ancient Schreiber, who was or ought to be by this time ex- tinct, would nat... ... Pisistratus, 555 B. C.), is reported by Xenophon of the Lacedæmonians and Thebans. They con- 189 Thomas de Quincey cluded a treaty of peace without ...

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...tangle them from the fable that has adhered to them; and, at any rate, the ancient Greeks believed them, and gathered strength and nobleness from dwel... ...n them the foremost parts in that army with which David was to fulfill the ancient promises to his people. There were his three nephews, Joab, the fer... ...s, who de- clared that they would not desert Leonidas. There were also 400 Thebans who remained; and thus the whole number that stayed with Leonidas t... ...solved to let this be the place of their last stand; but the hearts of the Thebans failed them, and they came towards the Persians holding out their h... ...ese stories may not be true; but that they should have been current in the ancient world shows what was the char- acter of the man of whom they were t... ...e both very distinguished men. Manlius was a patrician, or one of the high ancient nobles of Rome, and had in early youth fought a single combat with ... ...TH TH TH TH 1308 1308 1308 1308 1308 ONE of the ladies most admired by the ancient Romans was Arria, the wife of Caecina Paetus, a Roman who was con- ...

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...edo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher. By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates' friends, including the Thebans Cebes and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the dis...

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... spirits of those who lived virtuously but without Christianity.?Greeting of Virgil by his fellow poets.?They enter a castle, where are the shades of ancient worthies.?Virgil and Dante depart. ..................................................... 24 CANTO V. The Second Circle, that of Carnal Sinners.?Minos.?Shades renowned of old.?Francesca da Rimini. 27 CANTO VI. The Thir...

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...tle, wher castle, wher castle, where ar e ar e ar e ar e are the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the s... ...or e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient wor e the shades of ancient worthies.—V thies.—V thies.—V thies.—V ... ... eternal place where thou shalt hear the despairing shrieks, shalt see the ancient spirits woeful who each proclaim the second death. And then thou sh... ...f every cruel one, rose and came to the place where I was, seated with the ancient Rachel. She said, “Beatrice, true praise of God, why dost thou not ... ... from speaking. And lo! coming toward us in a boat, an old man, white with ancient hair, crying, “Woe to you, wicked souls! hope not ever to see Heave... ..., lift up, and see him 3 for whom the earth opened before the eyes of the Thebans, whereon they shouted all, ‘Whither art thou rushing, Amphiaraus? W...

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.... Arriving at Thebes he answered the riddle of the Sphinx and the grateful Thebans made their deliv- erer king. So he reigned in the room of Laius, an... ...e Was I enrolled a citizen of Thebes) This proclamation I address to all: Thebans, if any knows the man by whom Laius, son of Labdacus, was slain, I ... ... Fluttered with vague surmise; nor present nor future is clear. Quarrel of ancient date or in days still near know I none Twixt the Labdacidan house a... ...et kings must rule. CREON Not if they rule ill. OEDIPUS Oh my Thebans, hear him! CREON Thy Thebans? am not I a Theban too? CHORUS Cease, ... ...ER Those ankle joints are evidence enow. OEDIPUS Ah, why remind me of that ancient sore? MESSENGER I loosed the pin that riveted thy feet. OEDIPUS Yes... ...sed thee was thy bane and wrought thy fall. CHORUS Look ye, countrymen and Thebans, this is Oedipus the great, He who knew the Sphinx s riddle and was... ...; not the delegate Of one man, but commissioned by the State, Since of all Thebans I have most bewailed, Being his kinsman, his most grievous woes. O ... ... aged sire s, Whom here I find a castaway, with you, In a strange land, an ancient beggar clad In antic tatters, marring all his frame, While o er the...

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... “Poets should be poor, and Pope is independent,” growled Grub Street. The ancients could not endure that a “poet should build an house, but this varl... ...With spurning heels, and with a butting head: To White’s be carried, as to ancient games, Fair coursers, vases, and alluring dames. ... ...iter, in a council of the gods, de- clares his resolution of punishing the Thebans, and Argives also, by means of a marriage betwixt Polynices and one... ... in length of wishes lost. The hero then resolves his course to bend Where ancient Danaus’ fruitful fields extend; And famed Mycene’s lofty towers asc... ...ls a deluge on; The foaming Lerna swells above its bounds, And spreads its ancient poisons o’er the grounds: Where late was dust, now rapid torrents p... ...solemn feasts propitious Phoebus please; These honours, still renew’d, his ancient wrath appease. ‘But say, illustrious guest, (adjoin’d the king) ...

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...cy furnished by literature as well as by the popular taste. Was it not the Ancients that began it? Aristophanes, Catullus, Petronius, Martial, flew in... ...ent that Rabelais only collected popular tra- ditions and gave new life to ancient legends is said to be proved by the large number of megalithic monu... ...larity of his novel. No one has ever yet produced a written passage or any ancient testimony to prove the existence of the name before Rabelais. To pl... ...idoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of extrava- gant Conceits found in an ancient Monument. No sooner did the Cymbrians’ overcomer Pass through the a... ...d of the monsters and tyrants wherewith it was suppressed. My masters, the ancient Pantagruelists, have confirmed that which I say, and withal declare... ...us, whom we have here nodding with his crimson phiz, to be revenged on the Thebans had got a fairy fox, who, whatever mischief he did, was never to be... ...f Justice Gripe-men-all; far different from the institution of the ancient Thebans, who set up the statues of their dicasts without hands, in marble, ...

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...l place, Where thou shalt hear the desperate lamentations, Shalt see the ancient spirits disconsolate, Who cry out each one for the second death; ... ...s, Hastened away, and came unto the place Where I was sitting with the ancient Rachel. “Beatrice” said she, “the true praise of God, Why succour... ...ine eyes he loosed, and said: “Direct the nerve Of vision now along that ancient foam, There yonder where that smoke is most intense.” Even as the... ... and of the rest I speak not.” Thereon he hid himself; and I towards The ancient poet turned my steps, reflecting Upon that saying, which seemed h... ...ur depraved city.” Ah me! what wounds I saw upon their limbs, Recent and ancient by the flames burnt in! It pains me still but to remember it. Unt... ... Lift up, lift up thy head, and see for whom Opened the earth before the Thebans’ eyes; Wherefore they all cried: ‘Whither rushest thou, Amphiarau... ...us and Asopus Beside them saw at night the rush and throng, If but the Thebans were in need of Bacchus, So they along that circle curve their step...

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...ding armies spring up out of the contentions which so often distracted the ancient republics of Greece? Different answers, equally satisfactory, may b... ...nderstood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the ... ...rove- ments made by the American constitutions on the popular models, both ancient and modern, cannot certainly be too much admired; but it would be a... ...can, and by citing as specimens of the latter the turbulent democracies of ancient Greece and modern Italy. Under the confusion of names, it has been ... ..., and of all others which have borne the least analogy to them. Though the ancient feudal systems were not, strictly speak- ing, confederacies, yet th... ...wenty-nine years; at a subsequent period, after the battle of Leuctra, the Thebans had their turn of domination. 78 The Federalist Papers It happened... ..., being abetted by Athens and Sparta, refused to submit to the decree. The Thebans, with others of the cities, undertook to maintain the authority of ...

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...k the truth, the result hides it not. Athens and Lacedaemon, that made the ancient laws and were so civi- lized, made toward living well a little sign... ...r formerly I was great there. I was called Corrado Malaspina; I am not the ancient, 14 but from him I am de- scended; to mine own I bore the love whi... ...obrandesco was my father: I know not if his name was ever with you. 2 The ancient blood and the gallant deeds of my ancestors made me so arrogant tha... ...hich of old Ismenus and Asopus saw at night along their banks, in case the Thebans 6 In order that every other will may conform with the first, that ... ...t I cannot from the thought withdraw me.” “Hast thou seen,” said he, “that ancient sor- 4 This lady seems to be the type of the conscience, virtus in... ...te times France is ruled. I was the son of a butcher of Paris. 8 When the ancient kings had all died out, save one, who had assumed the grey garb, 9 ...

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...ut on my noble court dress, and thus becomingly re-clothed I pass into the ancient courts of the men of old, where, being lovingly received by them, I... ...ance. Now I say that those dominions which, when acquired, are added to an ancient state by him who acquires them, are either of the same country and ... ...es them as he chooses. But the King of France is placed in the midst of an ancient body of lords, acknowledged by their own subjects, and beloved by t... ...yed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privi- leges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits w... ...d speaking of the first method, it will be illustrated by two examples—one ancient, the other modern—and with- out entering further into the subject, ... ...f Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon was made captain of their soldiers by the Thebans, and after victory he took away their liberty. Duke Filippo being d...

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...in sections. a) After the pre- lude, which Pausanias failed to find in the ancient copy en- graved on lead seen by him on Mt. Helicon, comes a general... ... regarded as either devotional or liturgical. The Hymn is doubtless a very ancient form; but if no example of extreme antiquity survive this must be p... ...ocuments such as the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, or are quoted by various ancient authors. These poetic fragments clearly antedate the Life itself, w... ...of course, mere romance; its only val- ues are 1) the insight it give into ancient speculations about Homer; 2) a certain amount of definite informati... ...Fragment #61 — Eustathius, Hom. 112. 44 sq: It should be observed that the ancient narrative hands down the account that Patroclus was even a kinsman ... ... Parthenopaeus the son of Talaus in the battle against the Argives, as the Thebans say; though that part of the Thebais which tells of the death of Pa... ...ure was sent by the gods to punish the descendants of Cadmus, and that the Thebans therefore excluded those of the house of Cadmus from kingship. But ...