| 单词 | Chaeronea |
| 例句 | Hellenism had been the product of the free life of the Greek city-state, and after Chaeronea the great days of the city-state were past. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The victory of Philip at Chaeronea in 338 finally destroyed the league. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Much has been made of his defective accounts of the tyrants and the Macedonian empire, and his opinion that Greek history ceased to be interesting or instructive after Chaeronea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The bulk of the army that defeated Mardonius at Plataea came from the Peloponnese; at Chaeronea no Peloponnesian state was represented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Plutarch, before he finally settled down at Chaeronea, saw something of the great Roman world. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Moving south Sulla then met Mithridates’ army on the Boeotian plain and at Chaeronea gained a victory that rang through the world. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men At Chaeronea the numerically inferior but better disciplined Romans won a complete victory. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. After the campaign of Chaeronea, Philip II. of Macedon summoned a Greek congress at Corinth and left a garrison on the citadel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Plutarch.—Plutarch of Chaeronea, a Greek author of the first century A.D., wrote forty-six "parallel" Lives, of famous Greeks and Romans. An Introduction to Shakespeare But his native Greece, with its great memories, and his native Chaeronea, to which he was linked by ancestral piety, had for a man like Plutarch far stronger charms than the capital of the world. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Externally, it is divided into the chapter which precedes and the chapter which follows Chaeronea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Defeat can on occasion leave men their self-respect or even their pride; as it did after Chaeronea in 338 and after the Chremonidean War in 262, not to speak of Thermopylae. Five Stages of Greek Religion “This measure,” he said, “was not drawn up by any orator, but by the battle of Chaeronea.” On the Sublime Quintilian next, and Seneca were seen, And Chaeronea's sage, of placid mien; All various in their taste and studious toils, But each adorn'd with Learning's splendid spoils. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch It was not, indeed, the old native worship of the valley of the Nile which won such an empire over cultivated intellects from Chaeronea to the Thames. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In January 337, at the annual winter Festival of the Dead in the Outer Ceramicus, he spoke the funeral oration over those who had fallen at Chaeronea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Furthermore, Plutarch, having lived alwaies honourably even to old age, he died quietly among his children and friends in the city of Chaeronea, leaving his writings, an immortal savour of his name, unto posterity. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Note that he nowhere says “those who conquered,” artfully suppressing any word which might hint at the successful issue of those 40 battles, which would have spoilt the parallel with Chaeronea. On the Sublime This civilization extended from northern edge of Thessaly as far south as Chaeronea. How to Observe in Archaeology She was a familiar deity at Orchomenus and Chaeronea for generations before Plutarch found in her legends a congenial field for the exposition of his concordat between philosophy and myth. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius During the eight years between the peace of Philocrates and the battle of Chaeronea, the authority of Demosthenes steadily grew, until it became first predominant and then paramount. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" It was here also that Sulla defeated Mithridates, and in the great civil wars of Rome we again hear, this time from Plutarch himself, of the sufferings of the citizens of Chaeronea. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I At length, in August, 338, came Philip's victory at Chaeronea, and the complete prostration of Greek power. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, compared together by that grave, learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarch of Chaeronea. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December That dishonest victory At Chaeronea, fatal to liberty, Killed with report that Old Man Eloquent. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook His own library, or the libraries to which he had access at Chaeronea, must have been well furnished with the books most important for his studies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Nikarchus, Plutarch's great-grandfather, was, with all the other citizens, without any exception, ordered by a lieutenant of Marcus Antonius to transport a quantity of corn from Chaeronea to the coast opposite the island of Antikyra. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I And like Diogenes when brought before Philip after the battle of Chaeronea, the Cynic must remember that he is a Spy. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus Our native Chaeronea was then in a distressed condition, too small and too poor to meet with anything but neglect. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans He succeeded his father in 338 B.C., on the very day of the battle of Chaeronea. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He was a native of Chaeronea in Boeotia and lived during the first century of our era. Early European History He was an active member of the little community of Chaeronea, being archon of that town. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I A year after Chaeronea Philip was named by the Congress of Corinth Captain-General of all Greeks to wreak the secular vengeance of Hellas on Persia. The Ancient East Making Athens his head-quarters, from thence as far as Thessaly he was withdrawing the States of Greece from the Roman allegiance, without the least ill success, except at Chaeronea. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans They took Chaeronea, and made slaves of the inhabitants, and, leaving a garrison, commenced their return. The History of the Peloponnesian War The decisive battle was fought at Chaeronea in Boeotia. Early European History Probably this office was a source of considerable income, and as the journey from Chaeronea to Delphi, across Mount Parnassus, is a very short one, it interfered but little with his literary and municipal business. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I I had rather, says the amiable philosopher of Chaeronea, it should be said of me, that there never was such a man as Plutarch, than that Plutarch was ill-natured, arbitrary, and tyrannical. Four Early Pamphlets It is said, likewise, that others of them were slain near Chaeronea, and buried near the little rivulet, formerly called Thermodon, but now Haemon, of which an account is given in the life of Demosthenes. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The allied forces are overwhelmed at Chaeronea, and Philip establishes the Macedonian dominion in Greece. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Chaeronea gave Philip the undisputed control of Greece. Early European History On the plains of Chaeronea, where Grecian liberties had been overthrown by Philip of Macedon, two hundred and fifty years before, a desperate conflict took place, and the Pontic army was signally defeated. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Philip defeats the confederate armies of Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea, and the Macedonian supremacy over Greece is firmly established. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Insomuch that when the bones of those who had been slain at Chaeronea were brought home to be solemnly interred, Demosthenes was the man they chose to make the funeral oration. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans In Plutarch’s native town of Chaeronea a ceremony of this kind was performed by the chief magistrate at the Town Hall, and by each householder at his own home. The Golden Bough Less than two years after Chaeronea he was killed by an assassin, and the scepter passed to his young son, Alexander. Early European History They were constantly victorious till they were opposed to Philip's admirably disciplined phalanx at Charonea; and even at Chaeronea they were not defeated but slain in their ranks, fighting to the last. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 At the battle of Chaeronea, which his father fought against the Greeks, he is said to have been the first man that charged the Thebans' sacred band. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls At the battle of Chaeronea, which his father fought against the Grecians, he is said to have been the first man that charged the Thebans' sacred band. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Period of the ascendancy of Athens, and of the great dramatists and historians; from the repulse of the Persian invasion to the extinction of Greek freedom at the battle of Chaeronea, B.C. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology The Latin War, as it is called, ended in 338 B.C., the year of the fateful battle of Chaeronea in Greece. Early European History At the age of sixteen we find him regent of Macedonia during Philip's absence; and at eighteen we have seen him filling a prominent military post at the battle of Chaeronea. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The fine cast of the Lion of Chaeronea should also be brought up, and so should the stele with the marvellous portrait of the Roman slave. Shorter Prose Pieces A Roman captain of a company that wintered in Chaeronea became passionately fond of this youth, who was now pretty nearly grown a man. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans In what sense was Chaeronea a decisive battle? Early European History Near the modern town of Chaeronea the traveler can still see the tomb where the fallen heroes were laid, and the marble lion set up as a memorial to their dauntless struggle. Early European History The battle of Chaeronea crushed the liberties of Greece, and made it in reality a province of the Macedonian monarchy. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest He made away with himself in 338, after the fatal battle of Chaeronea, in despair, it is said, of his country's fate. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Tolmides was defeated and slain near Chaeronea, a large number of the hoplites also fell in the engagement, while a still larger number were taken prisoners. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest |
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