Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Aera Volume 4;v. 6 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 edition. Excerpt: ...now approached. Silenus had appeared in Greece. It was concerted, that be should repair to Delphi; that the priests, who had been secured 'in the interest of the scheme, should examine, in the presence of a great number of witnesses, the proofs of his divine birth; and that, compelled to acknowledge him the son of Apollo, they should deliver into his hands the ancient prophesies, which he should read in presence of the numerous assembly collected on the occasion; and that, by one of these oracles, it should be declared that (a) Pint, in Lytan). t. i. p. 447. the Spartans should from that time elect their kings from among the most virtuous of the citizens At the moment when this project was to have been carried into execution, one of the principal actors in it, terrified at the possible consequences of the imposture, dared not complete what he had undertaken; and Lysander, in despair, procured for him. self the command of some troops which were to be sent into Boeotia, where he fell in battle. We decreed honours to his memory, though we ought to have stigmatized it with infamy. He contributed more than any other man to deprive us of our moderation and our poverty. His system of aggrandizement was followed more methodically by Agesilaos. I shall not speak to you of his great achievements in Greece, Asia, and Egypt. He was moredangerousthan Lysander, because, with the same talents, he possessed more virtues; and, with the same ambition, was always exempt from presumption and vanity. He never suffered any statue to be erected to him(a). Lysander himself consecrated his own in the temple of Delphi, and permitted altars to be raised and sacrifices to be offered to him; he lavished rewards on poets, who in return lavished their praises; and he always...