Book/Printed Material History of Xerxes the Great
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Xerxes anda nena Made Se Oe eet Side CIP nee EEN ee a Sahno Apo ate ek far Send 0 aS ew ee ae aed Pe ewren Sra Fe a5 a ia ted…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes z Xerzes Frontispiece The Capture of the Acropolis by the Persians Seep 206- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes ar 9 a o a Be Ge vue eG LAE AMY II Alia ay ay ue 5 LA Hts i Zz A e ALTEMUS a eee eee LIBRARY HISTORY XERXES THE GREAT…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 43744 Library of Congress wo Copies Receweo SEP 5 1900 Copyright entry 23 foo No 2AO 6 SECOND COPY Delivered to ORDER DIVISION SEP 7 1900- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes CONTER fa CHAPTER I PAGE THE MoTHER OF XERXES Rea CHA PTH LE EGYPT AND GREECE P CHAPTER III DEBATE ON THE ProposED INVASION OF GREECE 44 CHAPTER IV PREPARATIONS FOR THE…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes or d aay ydASq jo spromertg OL ete SS a Bea See- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes ILEUSTRA MONS Capture of the Acropolis by the Persians Mrontispiece The Pyramids of Egypt page vi Tailpiece mee eat The Interior of the Rented Cee 3 Headpiece Chapter I My Ab View…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes Vill ILLUSTRATIONS Departure of the Grecian Fleet for Thessaly page 149 Headpiece Chapter VIII ee LN Disaster to the Persian leet facing 168 Headpiece Chapter LX ally The Battle of Thermopyle facing…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes INTRODUCTORY _ One of the first acts of Xerxes after succeed ing his father Darius I on the throne of Per sia was to subdue the rebellious Egyptians who were in active…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes Interior of the Parthenon See p 207- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes aces me es ers i 5 So aie ane isa hing MIX eS CHAPTER I THE MOTHER OF XERXES THE name of Xerxes is associated in the minds of men with the…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 8 XERXES Scythia a wild and barbarous region lying north of the Black and Caspian Seas His son Cambyses succeeded him A kingdom or an empire was regarded in ancient days much…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 9 system of social organization such as should al low all the industrial pursuits of commerce and of agriculture throughout the mass of the com munity to go…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 10 XERXES social organization industry and peace is nec essary to raise and maintain an army than that army can itself destroy The deeds of destruc tion which great conquerors perform attract…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES et social state and not the brazen column formed from captured cannon which stands in the Place Venddme These considerations obviously true though not always borne in mind…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 12 XERXES a sort of pride in the contemplation of a great and prosperous and wealthy empire analogous to that which a proprietor feels in surveying a wellconditioned successful and productive es…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 6 3 part of his life and entirely unaccustomed to control became a wild reckless proud selfish and ungovernable young man His father was killed suddenly in battle…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 14 XERXES some slight misgivings in regard to such a step as this He consulted the Persian judges They conferred upon the subject and then re plied they had searched among the…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES m5 plan of usurping the throne as if he were Smer dis the prince resorting to a great many ingen lous and cunning schemes to conceal his decep…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 16 XERXES fully concealed by means of his hair and his headdress and even with these precautions he could never feel perfectly secure At last one of the nobles of the court…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 1 lay length ventured to do so and by passing her hand under his turban one night while he was sleeping on his couch she found that the…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 18 XERXES medical science and skill The physican said that he would undertake her case on condition that she would promise to grant him a certain request that he would make She…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 19 guish himself in the estimation of mankind by bringing his capacities for the performance of great deeds into action Darius listened to these suggestions of Atossa with…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 20 XERXES There was something gratifying to the mili tary vanity of Darius in being thus requested to make an incursion to another continent and undertake the conquest of the mightiest nation…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes YUTIOD JO MOTA 07 doaonf sarsay S- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 21 the artifice and so the party went away The physician never returned Atossa had four sons Xerxes was the eldest of them He was not however the…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes oY XERXES heir Atossa on the other hand contended that Xerxes was the grandson of Cyrus and that he derived from that circumstance the highest possible hereditary rights to the Persian throne…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes THE MOTHER OF XERXES 29 to his son as such but to his predecessors grand son for though Xerxes was both the son of Darius and the grandson of Cyrus it was…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 24 XERXES according to the Greek ideas on the subject was entitled to inherit only such rank as his father held when the son was born and that consequently none of his…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes CHAPTER Ii EGYPT AND GREECE THE arrangements which Darius had made to fix and determine the succession before his death did not entirely prevent the question from arising again when his death…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 26 XERXES considered himself nevertheless as justly en titled to the crown though he should in the event of his accession treat all his brothers and especially Xerxes with the utmost considera…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes EGYPT AND GREECE ay tabanus He would consider the subject she said with fairness and impartiality and decide it right She had no doubt that he would de cide it in Xerxess…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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Xerxes 28 XERXES As soon as Xerxes found himself established on his throne he was called upon to decide im mediately a great question namely which of two important wars in which his…- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Henry Altemus Company
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About this Item
Title
- History of Xerxes the Great
Other Title
- Xerxes
Names
- Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.
- Henry Altemus Company, publisher.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Henry Altemus Company, [1900]
- ©1900
Headings
- - Xerxes--I,--King of Persia,--519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C.--Juvenile literature
- - Iran--Kings and rulers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- - Iran--History--To 640--Juvenile literature
Genre
- Juvenile literature--1900
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
- - In original publisher's binding: green cloth with full-length image of King Xerxes in red, black, blue, and gilt on upper board.
- - Title page printed in red with a green border.
- - Weber, C.J. Abbott, IIIb10
Medium
- ix pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 7-260 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS283 .A15
Library of Congress Control Number
- 04004952
Online Format
- online text
- image