The History of Greece, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1871 - Greece |
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according accordingly Achæan Amphictyony ancient Apollo Arcadia Archipelago Argolis Argos Asia Minor Athenians Athens Attica became belonged Boeotia called Carians centre Chalcidians Chalcis citadel citizens civic Clisthenes coast colonies common connection Corinth Cretan Crete Delphi descent districts divine dominion Dorian dwelt earliest east endeavored epoch established Euboea Eupatride Eurotas existed families farther festivals fixed force foreign gods Greece Greek gulf hand Hellas Hellenes Heraclidæ Heroes Heroic Homeric honor immigration important inhabitants intercourse Ionians Ionic island kings land language latter Lycian maritime means ment Messenian Miletus mountains myths native navigation origin party Pelasgian Peloponnesus peninsula Periander period Phoenicians Pisistratus plain political Pontus population Posidon possession primitive princes race remained royal power sacred sanctuary settled settlements shore Sicyon side soil Solon Sparta Thessalian Thessaly tion towns trade tradition tribes Tyrants valley western whole worship Zeus
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Page 129 - ... carried on, and for furnishing sacrifices ; this made a common coinage necessary. The common purse and temple-treasures required administrators, for whose choice it was requisite to assemble, and whose administration of their office had to be watched by a representation of the federated tribes. In case of dispute between the Amphictyones, a judicial authority was wanted to preserve the common peace, or punish its violation in the name of the god.
Page 22 - The winds are the legislators of the weather ; but even they, in these latitudes submit to certain rules, and only rarely rise to the vehemence of desolating hurricanes. Never, except in the short winter season, is there any uncertain irregularity in wind and weather ; the commencement of the fair season — the safe months, as the ancients called it — brings with it an immutable law followed by the winds in the entire Archipelago : every morning the north wind arises from the coasts of Thrace,...
Page 10 - Europe, and yet belongs to the trading towns of the Levant : notwithstanding all changes of political circumstances, Byzantium to this day ranks as the metropolis on either side: and as one swell of the waves rolls from the shore of Ionia up to Salamis, so neither has any mpvement of population ever affected the coast on one side without extending itself to the other.