| Charles Dexter Cleveland - Greece - 1831 - 280 pages
...the demands were not complied with, heralds (xrjQvxfc) were Heralds. then sent, who ordered the enemy to prepare for an invasion, and who sometimes threw a spear towards them in token of defiance. But the Greeks never en-Thogoda gaged in war without the advice and encouragement of^f^™" the gods.... | |
| Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - Military art and science - 1853 - 388 pages
...olive-branch covered with wool, and adorned with different sorts of fruits. When the Greeks were determined to commence the war, they offered sacrifices, and consulted...threw a spear towards them, in token of defiance. Let the posture of their affairs be what it would, the Greeks never marched against their enemies till... | |
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