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 254
rsonal ascendancy wasalmost as powerful as a monarch at Athens, was Pericles.*He was one of those aristocrats who succeed in securing theallegiance of the masses, like Tiberius Gracchus, or Pitt, orSalisbury, by their very aloofness. His single aim was tomake Athens free, powerful, and glorious. In… … PLATE 39. PEDI MENTAL FIGURES FROM THE TEMPLE [/. 142OF APHAIA AT .EG1NA (See p. 147) THE GRAND CENTURYpayment of soldiers and sailors, payment to enable the poorto attend the theatre. He was, in short, what we should nowcall a Socialist. Abroad he was the advocate of imperialexpansion by land as…
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