Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin marbles: with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (Band 1): Illustrated with forty plates (London, 1817)

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p the public roads, inscribed with short sen-

tences and maxims, for the instruction of pass-
ing travellers. He was assassinated by Harmo-
dius and Aristogiton on account of an injurious
sarcasm cast upon the sister of the former,
to seek an asvHippias, shortly after, was banished from his Hippias.
at tleeD(^!- country; and flying to Persia, he treacherously

persuaded Darius to invade the Athenian ter-
ul b\ k: ritory. At the renowned battle of Marathon
y the happing A.C. 490, the Persian army was, however, to-
ll tokm tally defeated by Miltiacles. The Persians, to
(Ianacademvi the number of three hundred thousand men,
to D were met on the plain of Marathon, ten miles

countrvnEi from Athens, by only ten thousand Athenians

and one thousand Plataeans, under the chief
threevear.sc: command of the skilful general Miltiades.
of his people.! The battle was obstinately contested, and the

Athenians were nearly overpowered by num-
bers; but at length they completely routed
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