This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1750 Excerpt: ...of heroism. It is true, the historian fays, the cause of quarrel was an old grudge, between the two nations, this does b Erant inter Athenienses et Dorienses fimultatum veteres pffenfe, quas vindicaturi bello, Dorienses de eventu prselii oracula consulerunt. Refyoniximfuperiores fore ni Regent Aihenienr sium ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1750 Excerpt: ...of heroism. It is true, the historian fays, the cause of quarrel was an old grudge, between the two nations, this does b Erant inter Athenienses et Dorienses fimultatum veteres pffenfe, quas vindicaturi bello, Dorienses de eventu prselii oracula consulerunt. Refyoniximfuperiores fore ni Regent Aihenienr sium oecidiffent. Cum ventum esset in bellum militibus ante omnia custodia Regis praecipitur. Atheniensibus eo tempore Rex Codrus erat; qui et response Dei, et praeceptis hostium cognitis, permutato regis habitu, pannosus, sarmenta collo gereus, castra Jiostium ingreditur. Ibi in turba obflstentium a milite, quem sake astu convulnaverat, interficicur. Cognito regis corpere., Dorienses sine praelio discedunt. Atque ita Athenienses virtute ducis, pro salute patriae morti se ofFerentis, bello libsrantur. Post Codrum nemo Athenis regnavit; quod memorise nominis fjus tributum est. Administratio reipublicae annujs magiitrati us permisia. Justin. Lib. 2.., '. not not imply that the grudge was mutual; the Dorians might have been the peccant party and the aggressors in this war; and the historian fays they were. But supposing the grudge mutual, it does not necessarily imply thatthe king had a grudge, though his people had, they might have been criminal, and he innocent; and his dying for them under these circumstances makes the action in a high degree heroical. This grudge might be sufficient to excite the two nations to arms, though the God of the universe meant perhaps, as in other instances, to chastize one or both for national sins. And these secrets of divine providence are not always known to the most sagacious historians: They can therefore only assign the common occasions for such events. A Roman general may be sent to chastize the
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