Helmet and spear
STORIES FROM THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
By the
REV. A.J. CHURCH, M.A.
Sometime Professor of Latin in University College, London Author of Stories from Homer, etc.
Yea, but of war the righteous last event In highest Heaven is born, And from great Zeus with saving power is sent.
Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes .
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
66 Fifth Avenue
1900
Flight of the Persians after Marathon.
Alfred John Church
HELMET AND SPEAR
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE MEN OF MARATHON
II
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III
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IV
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V
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I. THE LORD OF SYRACUSE
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II
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III
IV
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I. THE FIGHT ON THE RIVER
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II
III
I. THE SERVANTS OF MARS
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II
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III
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IV
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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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IX
X
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I. THE DAY OF ALLIA
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II
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III.
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IV
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V
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VI
VII
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VIII
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I. A CENTURY OF DISGRACE
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II
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III
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EPILOGUE
