| Peter Parley (pseud.) - World history - 1837 - 548 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thcrmopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...king of Sparta, opposed him with six thousand men, and seventy thousand Persians were slain in the attempt to break through the pass. 10. At last, Leonidas... | |
| John Thomas Crossley - 1845 - 336 pages
...nearly two millions of men on land, and more than half a million on board his fleet. At Thermopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...were slain in the attempt to break through the pass. At last Leonidas found that the Persians could not be kept back any longer. He therefore sent away... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - World history - 1854 - 648 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thermopylae Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...hundred men, and with these he remained at the pass of Thermopylae. The immense host of the Persians came onward like a flood; and only one soldier of the... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1860 - 620 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thermopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...thousand men. Seventy thousand Persians were slain in attempting to break through the pass. 10. At last, Leonidas found that the Persians could not be kept... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1862 - 616 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thermopylse, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage between a mountain and the sea. Leonidas, kiug of Sparta, opposed him- with six thousand men. Seventy thousand Persians were slain in attempting... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 332 pages
...nearly two millions of men on land, and more than half a million on board his fleet. At Thermopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...were slain in the attempt to break through the pass. At last Leonidas found that the Persians could not be kept back any longer. He therefore sent away... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1867 - 622 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thermopylse, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...Sparta, opposed him with six thousand men. Seventy j thousand Persians were slain in attempting to break through the pass. 10. At last, Leonidas found... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1869 - 708 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 9. At Thermopyl &, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage...thousand men. Seventy thousand Persians were slain in attempting to break through the pass. 10. At last, Leonidas found that the Persians could not be kept... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - World history - 1874 - 732 pages
...could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. j 8. At Thermopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage between a moun^1 m and the sea. Leonidas, king of Sparta, opposed him with six thousand men. Seventy thousand... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - World history - 1886 - 732 pages
...they could muster but few soldiers, these were far more valiant than the Persians. 8. At Thermopylae, Xerxes wished to lead his army through a narrow passage between a mount- in and the sea. Leonidas, king of Sparta, opposed him with six thousand men. Seventy thousand... | |
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