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The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)

Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 208

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stogeitonWhen they killed the tyrantAnd made Athens free. Dearest Harmodius, thou art not yet dead.They say thou art in the Isles of the Blessed,Where dwells Achilles swift of footAnd Diomede, Tydeus son. I will wear my sword in a myrtle bough,Like Harmodius and AristogeitonWhen at the sacrifice of… … FIG. 2. RELIEF FROM THE HARPY TOMB, NORTH BIDE Plate 30. (See p. 123) [/. 114 THE AGES OF TRANSITIONRightdown in thedays of Demosthenes, nearly twohundredyears later, these two men were still mentioned in most of thepublic decrees, because immunities had been granted to theirdescendants for ever.…

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