 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1805 - 408 pages
...avoided driving the offenders to despair, appeased all the commotion, and quashed the whole affuir. Mardonius, in order to try the Grecians, sent out...upon the point of giving way, when a detachment of 300 Athenians, with some troops armed with missive weapons, advanced to their succour, Masis-tius,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1808 - 684 pages
...avoided driving the offenders to despair, appeased all the commotion, and quashed the whole affair. Mardonius, in order to try the Grecians, sent out...suffered extremely by them ; and, in spite of all the vigor and resolution with which they defended themselves, they were upon the point of giving way, when... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1811 - 352 pages
...xvas then about nine or ten years old, and had his accounts (at variance with those in the ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of mount Cithaeron in strong and stony places; except the Megarensians,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1816 - 314 pages
...just and useful to their country." After this(jj) Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of mount Cithseron in strong and stony places ; except the Megarensians,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1820 - 386 pages
...avoided driving the offenders to despair, appeased all the commotion, and quashed the whole affair. Mardonius, in order to try the Grecians, sent out...skirmish with them. The Megarians, who were encamped in the open country, suffered extremely by them ; and in spite of all the vigour and resolution with... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1822 - 504 pages
...were just and useful to their country." After this,* Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of mount Cithaeron, in strong and stony places ; except the Megarensians,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 444 pages
...just and useful to their country." After this,'" Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of Mount Cithoeron, in strong and stony places ; except the Megarensians,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 370 pages
...were just and useful to their country.' After this, Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of Mount Cithaeron, in strong and stony places ; except the Megarensians,... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 446 pages
...were just and useful to their country." After this,* Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Greeks were all encamped at the foot of Mount Cithaeron, in strong and stony places ; except the Megarcnsians,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1834 - 496 pages
...just and useful to their country.” After this,* Mardonius, to make a trial of the Greeks, ordered his cavalry, in which he was strongest, to skirmish with them. The Ureeks were all encamped at the foot of mount Cith¿ron, in strong and stony places; except the Megarensians,... | |
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Megarians, who were encamped upon a plain, suffered extremely by them ; and, in spite of all the vigour and resolution with which they defended themselves, they were upon the point of giving way, when a detachment of 300 Athenians, with some troops... 
