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... Epaminondas the Theban , and afterwards by the war with the Achæans . And when Achaia with great difficulty , like a tree that had re- ceived some early injury , grew to great eminence in Greece , then the folly of its rulers stopped ...
... Epaminondas the Theban , and afterwards by the war with the Achæans . And when Achaia with great difficulty , like a tree that had re- ceived some early injury , grew to great eminence in Greece , then the folly of its rulers stopped ...
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... Epaminondas and the Lacedæmonians they ranged themselves with the Lacedaemonians . But after this the Mantineans and Lacedæmonians were at variance , and the former joined the Achæan League . And when Agis , the son of Eudamidas , was ...
... Epaminondas and the Lacedæmonians they ranged themselves with the Lacedaemonians . But after this the Mantineans and Lacedæmonians were at variance , and the former joined the Achæan League . And when Agis , the son of Eudamidas , was ...
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... Epaminondas and the Thebans . But three generations before my time they changed the inscription on the tomb to suit a descendant and namesake of Podares , who lived at the period when one could become a Roman Citizen . But it was the ...
... Epaminondas and the Thebans . But three generations before my time they changed the inscription on the tomb to suit a descendant and namesake of Podares , who lived at the period when one could become a Roman Citizen . But it was the ...
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... Epaminondas was killed here by Macharion a Mantincan , but the Lace- dæmonians ay that the Macherion who killed Epami- nondas was a Spartan . But the Athenian account , corro- borated by the Thebans , is that Epaminondas was mortally ...
... Epaminondas was killed here by Macharion a Mantincan , but the Lace- dæmonians ay that the Macherion who killed Epami- nondas was a Spartan . But the Athenian account , corro- borated by the Thebans , is that Epaminondas was mortally ...
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... Epaminondas is a temple of Zeus surnamed Charmo . In the Arcadian oak - plantations there are different kinds of oaks , some they call broadleaved , and others they call fegi . A third kind have a thin bark so light , that they make of ...
... Epaminondas is a temple of Zeus surnamed Charmo . In the Arcadian oak - plantations there are different kinds of oaks , some they call broadleaved , and others they call fegi . A third kind have a thin bark so light , that they make of ...
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