The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians: Including a History of the Arts and Sciences of the Ancients, Bind 1

Harper & Bros., 1860

PUBLISHERS PREFACE p v Memoir of Rollin xv	xv

Introduction xxxi Introduction to	xxxiv

nis reign His first conquests The birth of Alexander SECT V Alexander gains a famous victory over Darius	xlii

and Grecians xxxiv Introduction to the history of Philip	xliii

BOOK I	1

ians	8

ficers	14

BOOK II	28

character He opposes Nicias in every thing and breaks	282

An earthquake in Sparta Insurrection of biades is accused and insists upon his being tried but	288

ment having been vested in four hundred persons they make lady continued in her husbands government after his death	305

Cyrus is recalled to court by his father Lysander gains	312

at Athens They put Theramenes one of their colleagues	318

aeliver	326

of Artaxerxes Cruelty and jealousy of Parysatis Statira	333

poison Punishment of his accusers Honours paid	361

BOOK X	367

citizens ib Of the strangers ib Of the servants	374

Music ib Of the other exercises of the body 379 Öf	379

and Athenians	385

ib Feasts of Bacchus 388 The feasts of Eleusis	396

ib Of the discus or quoit ib Of the Pentathlum	402

short idea of dramatic poetry ib The origin and progress	410

ginians Various success of it Syracuse reduced to	418

Dion engages him to invite Plato to his court Surprising	425

BOOK XII	442

nians declare war against Thebes They are defeated	448

bans His second attempt against Sparta His celebrated	456

aid of Tachos who had revolted from the Persians	462

Phoenicia and Cyprus and afterwards against Egypt	469

Philip He endeavours in vain to possess himself of	482

his conquests into Illyria and Thrace He projects a league piter Ammon and causes himself to be declared the son	489

is declared general of the Greeks against the Persians and Alexander marches against Bessus Thalestris queen	498

burnt the same day The happy natural inclinations of ambassadors to the king who address themselves to	550

gression relating to the Brachmans That prince resolves Hephaestion	567

to march as far as the Ganges which raises a general dis SECT XVIII Alexander enters Babylon in spite of	573

Bagoas the eunuch Calanus voluntarily meets his death SECT XX Reflections on the Persians Greeks	583

Titel	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians: Including a History of the Arts and Sciences of the Ancients, Bind 1 The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians: Including a History of the Arts and Sciences of the Ancients, Charles Rollin
Forfatter	Charles Rollin
Udgiver	Harper & Bros., 1860
Oprindeligt fra	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitaliseret	30. sep 2008

Eksporter henvisning	BiBTeX EndNote RefMan

the Carthaginians	35

BOOK III	94

veh and Babylon 100 Kings of Babylon ib Kings	101

and his return into Persia	114

Cræsus	123

of her utter destruction ib Cyrus called to destroy Baby	129

Babylon to the time of his death	135

their accounts of Cyrus	141

state were considered	147

strong places 156 Their way of attacking places ib	156

manner of burying the dead	162

The Grocian isles	169

and silver money 174 Institution The public meals	177

in arts and sciences 186 Of the seven wise men	189

the Scythians A digression upon the manners and cus	197

The state of Athens The characters of Mil	205

is prevented by death	211

tus delivers his sentiments freely upon that princes enter	217

is taken and burnt by Xerxes	222

Amestris the wife of Xerxes	231

banus His character	238

supported by the Athenians	244