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 444
fore him, like ripefruit waiting to be gathered. We may certainly charge him withconquering insanely without stopping to organise, and withneglecting his own kingdom and failing to deal adequatelywith the political condition of old Greece. We may point tothe extraordinarily rapid collapse of his… … THE MACEDONIAN WORLDhalf a barbarian by origin, he was an enthusiast for Hellenism,and his plan was to spread it at the point of the spear all overthe civilised world. When he destroyed Thebes he spared onehouse—the house of Pindar. It was as a missionary of Greekculture that he marched over the…
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