The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and (14596765077)

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Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Greece—Rule of the Aristocracy 179 killed the Athenian king they could not win the city. Thereupon Codrusresolved to sacrifice himself; and, since the Dorians avoided him in battle, hedisguised himself as a common soldier, went among the enemy, and, pickinga quarrel with some of them, was slain. When the Dorians realized who thevictim was, they withdrew from Attica without further struggle. The Atheniansdeclared that no other king could be noble enough to take the place of Codrus,and therefore they would have no more kings. Without pinning too much faith to the details of this story, we know that itschief outhnes are true. The Dorians were repulsed from Attica, and Athenspassed from kingship to ohgarchy, that is, to the rule of the turbulent aristocracywho had so often threatened to dethrone the earUer kings. These aristocratscontrolled Athens for several centuries. Gradually they seized all power. Theymade what laws they pleased, seized upon the farmers lands, sold children forthei