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 . 1-88. Greece—The Power of Sparta 175 city had a dream from the gods bidding her free the captive Aristomenes, andshe did so and fled with him and
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 . 1-88. Greece—The Power of Sparta 175 city had a dream from the gods bidding her free the captive Aristomenes, andshe did so and fled with him and was wedded to one of his sons. Clearly, in such tales, we are still deaUng with romance rather than withfact. The end alone is certain. Aristomenes abandoned the struggle afternearly twenty years, fought his way through the Spartan army that surroundedhis mountain hiding-place, and with a handful of followers fled to Sicily. Herethe remnant of the Messeneans founded the city known to this day by the nameof Messina, which their patriotism led them to assign to it. Thus Sparta became mistress of two of the three southern valleys of thePeloponnesus. But Argos, enthroned in the third valley, continued to defyand sometimes to do battle with her. In Argos, as in Messene, the Doriankings were overthrown, and a republic was established, though probably itwas a republic still under Dorian leadership. Then in 519 there came tothe throne of Sparta a k
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