'It is said that at a later time when he (Lycurgos) returning from a journey was crossing the land just harvested and seeing the heaps of grain in parallel and orderly fashion, smiling said to the ones who were present that Laconia looked like it belongs to many brothers just divided.' From Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Lycurgos.
Xerxes If we subdue these ones (the Athenians) and their neighbours, the people who dwell in the land of the Phrygian Pelop, we will make the borders of the Persian land common with the ethereal of Zeus; for no land that the sun can see will have a border with our own, but I will make one country out of all of them marching throughout Europe. From Herodotos' of Halicarnassos The Persian Wars. Melpomene. Book 7:8.
'One was that messengers, sent by the Aleuade who were kings, arrived from Thessaly announcing to the king (Xerxes) that they were to provide every assistance in Hellas. Again, the ones of the clan of Peisistratidae who ascended to Susa, said the same things like the Aleuade, and in addition to these they promised more.' From Herodotos' of Halicarnassos The Persian Wars. Melpomene. Book 7:6.
'In accordance with the agreements (with Xerxes), the Carthaginians, summing up a great amount of money, brought mercenaries from Italy and Liguria as well as from Galatia and Iberia and in addition to them enrolled subjects from the whole of Libya (Africa) and of Carthage. After getting busy with the preparations for three years, they gathered more than three hundred thousand foot-soldiers and two hundred ships.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 11:1(5-6).
'And Xerxes being persuaded by him (Mardonios) and wishing to drive all the Greeks from their homes, sent embassy to the Carthaginians for common action and agreeing with them to march against the Greeks who inhabit Greece while at the same time the Carthaginians gather great forces and subdue the Greeks who inhabit Sicily and Italy.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 11:1(4-5).
'Since we mentioned Pelops, it is necessary to narrate about his father Tantalos, so that I do not miss anything worth of hearing. Tantalos was a son of Zeus, distinguished because of his wealth and renown, lived in the land now called Paphlagonia. Because of the nobility of his father Zeus, as they say, he became a dear friend to the gods. Later, not being able to shoulder humanly this happiness, and participating in the common table of the gods and all their discussions as well, he divulged to the humans the secrets of the gods.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 4:74(1-2).
'Aristeus was the son of Apollo and Cyrene, daughter of Ypseos the son of Peneios. Regarding his birth, some writers of myths say as follows: Apollo fell in love with a virgin who was reared in the vicinity of the mount Pelion, a maiden by the name of Cyrene distinguished for her beauty, and carried her off to the very land of Libya, where in the later years he founded a city called Cyrene after her.' From Diodoros' of Sicily. Book 4:81(1-2).
'And Pisatis became widely known in the first place because of its rulers, Oinomaos and Pelops, who succeeded him and his children being numerous.' From Strabo's Geography. Book 8:3(31).
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'It is said that at a later time when he (Lycurgos) returning from a journey was crossing the land just harvested and seeing the heaps of grain in parallel and orderly fashion, smiling said to the ones who were present that Laconia looked like it belongs to many brothers just divided.' From Plutarch's Parallel Lives. Lycurgos.
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Xerxes If we subdue these ones (the Athenians) and their neighbours, the people who dwell in the land of the Phrygian Pelop, we will make the borders of the Persian land common with the ethereal of Zeus; for no land that the sun can see will have a border with our own, but I will make one country out of all of them marching throughout Europe. From Herodotos' of Halicarnassos The Persian Wars. Melpomene. Book 7:8.
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'One was that messengers, sent by the Aleuade who were kings, arrived from Thessaly announcing to the king (Xerxes) that they were to provide every assistance in Hellas. Again, the ones of the clan of Peisistratidae who ascended to Susa, said the same things like the Aleuade, and in addition to these they promised more.' From Herodotos' of Halicarnassos The Persian Wars. Melpomene. Book 7:6.
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'In accordance with the agreements (with Xerxes), the Carthaginians, summing up a great amount of money, brought mercenaries from Italy and Liguria as well as from Galatia and Iberia and in addition to them enrolled subjects from the whole of Libya (Africa) and of Carthage. After getting busy with the preparations for three years, they gathered more than three hundred thousand foot-soldiers and two hundred ships.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 11:1(5-6).
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Hello A. Dimoulas; Greece is my country also. Like the bright colors in your pictures. Greetings from Florida!
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'And Xerxes being persuaded by him (Mardonios) and wishing to drive all the Greeks from their homes, sent embassy to the Carthaginians for common action and agreeing with them to march against the Greeks who inhabit Greece while at the same time the Carthaginians gather great forces and subdue the Greeks who inhabit Sicily and Italy.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 11:1(4-5).
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'Since we mentioned Pelops, it is necessary to narrate about his father Tantalos, so that I do not miss anything worth of hearing. Tantalos was a son of Zeus, distinguished because of his wealth and renown, lived in the land now called Paphlagonia. Because of the nobility of his father Zeus, as they say, he became a dear friend to the gods. Later, not being able to shoulder humanly this happiness, and participating in the common table of the gods and all their discussions as well, he divulged to the humans the secrets of the gods.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 4:74(1-2).
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'Aristeus was the son of Apollo and Cyrene, daughter of Ypseos the son of Peneios. Regarding his birth, some writers of myths say as follows: Apollo fell in love with a virgin who was reared in the vicinity of the mount Pelion, a maiden by the name of Cyrene distinguished for her beauty, and carried her off to the very land of Libya, where in the later years he founded a city called Cyrene after her.' From Diodoros' of Sicily. Book 4:81(1-2).
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'And Pisatis became widely known in the first place because of its rulers, Oinomaos and Pelops, who succeeded him and his children being numerous.' From Strabo's Geography. Book 8:3(31).
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