Plutarchs Themistocles And Aristides Microform Newly Translated With Introduction And Notes

Author : Charles W Eliot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428601546
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles Pericles, Aristides Alcibiades and Coriolanus Demosthenes and Cicero Caesar and Antony, Vol. 12 written by Charles W Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives of Themistocles Pericles, Aristides Alcibiades and Coriolanus Demosthenes and Cicero Caesar and Antony, Vol. 12: In the Translation Called Dryden's Corrected and Revised by Arthur Hugh Clough, With Introduction and NotesLet the Greek women scorn me, if they please, I was the mother of Themistocles.Yet Phanias writes that the mother Of Themistocles was not of Thrace, but of Caria, and that her name was not Abro tonon, but Euterpe; and Neanthes adds farther that she was of Halicarnassus in Caria. And, as illegitimate children, including those that were of the half-blood or had but one parent an Athenian, had to attend at the Cynosarges (a wrestling-place outside the gates, dedicated to Hercules, who was also of half-blood amongst the gods, having had a mortal woman for his mother), Themistocles persuaded several of the young men of high birth to accompany him to anoint and exercise themselves together at Cynosarges; an ingenious device for destroying the distinction between the noble and the base-born, and between those of the whole and those of the half-blood of Athens. However, it is certain that he was related to the house of the Lycomedae; for Simonides records, that he rebuilt the chapel of Phlya, belonging to that family, and beautified it with pictures and other orna ments, after it had been burnt by the Persians.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.