The Story of Civilization: The life of GreeceSimon and Schuster, 1935 - Christianity |
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... court will be loath to acquit those who can pay substantial fines . * The expenses of the courts are mostly covered by fines imposed upon convicted men . Plaintiffs who fail to substantiate their charges are also fined ; and if they ...
... court will be loath to acquit those who can pay substantial fines . * The expenses of the courts are mostly covered by fines imposed upon convicted men . Plaintiffs who fail to substantiate their charges are also fined ; and if they ...
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... court . From these special rhetor - pleaders comes the lawyer . His antiquity in Greece appears from a remark in Diogenes Laertius that Bias , Wise Man of Priene , was an eloquent pleader of causes , who always reserved his talents for ...
... court . From these special rhetor - pleaders comes the lawyer . His antiquity in Greece appears from a remark in Diogenes Laertius that Bias , Wise Man of Priene , was an eloquent pleader of causes , who always reserved his talents for ...
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... court , for upon it open nearly all the rooms ; to pass from one room to another it is usually necessary to enter the portico or the court . In the shade and privacy of the court and the portico much of the family's life is lived , and ...
... court , for upon it open nearly all the rooms ; to pass from one room to another it is usually necessary to enter the portico or the court . In the shade and privacy of the court and the portico much of the family's life is lived , and ...
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Chronological Table | 2 |
The Reconstruction of | 8 |
The Fall of Cnossus | 20 |
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