 | John Nichols - Ana - 1809 - 554 pages
...Alexander, after the battle of Arbela, traversed the province of Babylon, and came to Susa in Persia (Plut. II. p. 326) ; whereupon it is observed : ' The entrance...to take refuge there, when he fled from the battle, but Eastward, through Media (Arrian, III. c.16) ; where the reason given for his flying that way is... | |
 | Samuel Pegge - Anas - 1809 - 542 pages
...came to Susa in Persia (Plut. II. p. 326) ; whereupon it is observed : ' The entrance into Persia \vas difficult, on account of the roughness of the country...bravest of the Persians ; for Darius had taken refuge tfteiv ;" so Messrs. Langhorne, in their translation of Plutarch, IV. p. 275. But now, Darius did not... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1813 - 522 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account...of the Persians; for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man, who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1816 - 348 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and of their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult on account...of the Persians, for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, being sprung from a Lycian father and a Persian mother,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 550 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account...the Persians : for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father, and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1828 - 484 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account...of the Persians; for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father, and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarch, John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough - Biography - 1905
...dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account «f the roughness of the country in that part, and because...of the Persians; for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father, and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarch - 1886 - 380 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account...the Persians ; for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father, and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarch - 1889 - 680 pages
...as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. [*$ 4 0,000,000]. The entrance into Persia was difficult, on account...the Persians ; for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to his father, and a Persian woman to his... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1884 - 392 pages
...their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult on account...passes were guarded by the bravest of the Persians 4 for Darius had taken refuge there. But a man who spoke both Greek and Persian, having a Lycian to... | |
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Dinon informs us, that the kings of Persia used to have water fetched from the Nile and the Danube, and put among their treasures, as a proof of the extent of their dominions, and their being masters of the world. The entrance into Persia was difficult,... 