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Balkh (Afghanistan) (search for this): book 8, card 211
speed, the Eastern world. Those mighty realms 'Euphrates severs from us, and the gates 'Called Caspian; on another sky than ours ' There day and night revolve; another sea ' Of different hue is parted from our own.Confusing the Red Sea with the Persian Gulf. ' Rule is their wish, nought else: and in their plains ' Taller the war-horse, stronger twangs the bow; ' There fails nor youth nor age to wing the shaft ' Fatal in flight. Their archers first subdued ' The lance of Macedon and Bactra's Balkh of modern times. Bactria was one of the kingdoms established by the successors of Alexander the Great. It was, however, subdued by the Parthians about the middle of the third century B.C. walls, ' Home of the Mede; and haughty Babylon ' With all her storied towers: nor shall they dread ' The Roman onset; trusting to the shafts ' By which the host of fated Crassus fell. ' Nor trust they only to the javelin blade ' Untipped with poison: from the rancorous edge 'The slightest wound deals death
Macedon (Greece) (search for this): book 8, card 211
, comrades, seek 'At speed, the Eastern world. Those mighty realms 'Euphrates severs from us, and the gates 'Called Caspian; on another sky than ours ' There day and night revolve; another sea ' Of different hue is parted from our own.Confusing the Red Sea with the Persian Gulf. ' Rule is their wish, nought else: and in their plains ' Taller the war-horse, stronger twangs the bow; ' There fails nor youth nor age to wing the shaft ' Fatal in flight. Their archers first subdued ' The lance of Macedon and Bactra's Balkh of modern times. Bactria was one of the kingdoms established by the successors of Alexander the Great. It was, however, subdued by the Parthians about the middle of the third century B.C. walls, ' Home of the Mede; and haughty Babylon ' With all her storied towers: nor shall they dread ' The Roman onset; trusting to the shafts ' By which the host of fated Crassus fell. ' Nor trust they only to the javelin blade ' Untipped with poison: from the rancorous edge 'The slighte
Red Sea (search for this): book 8, card 211
Punic blood, and of descentJuba was of supposed collateral descent from Hannibal. (Haskins, quoting 'The Scholiast.') 'Supposed from Hannibal, is swollen with pride 'At Varus' prayer for aid, and sees in thought Rome's fates beneath his own. Then, comrades, seek 'At speed, the Eastern world. Those mighty realms 'Euphrates severs from us, and the gates 'Called Caspian; on another sky than ours ' There day and night revolve; another sea ' Of different hue is parted from our own.Confusing the Red Sea with the Persian Gulf. ' Rule is their wish, nought else: and in their plains ' Taller the war-horse, stronger twangs the bow; ' There fails nor youth nor age to wing the shaft ' Fatal in flight. Their archers first subdued ' The lance of Macedon and Bactra's Balkh of modern times. Bactria was one of the kingdoms established by the successors of Alexander the Great. It was, however, subdued by the Parthians about the middle of the third century B.C. walls, ' Home of the Mede; and haughty B
Selinus (Italy) (search for this): book 8, card 211
nd first the fallen chieftain dared to find In small Phaselis shelter; for therein Scarce was the husbandman, and empty homes Forbad to fear. Next Taurus' heights he saw And Dipsus falling from his lofty sides: So sailed he onward. Did Pompeius dream, When giving safety to the seas, he made Flight for himself secure? His little boat Flies unmolested past Cilician shores; But to their exiled lord in chiefest part The senate of Rome was drawn. Celendrae there Received their fleet, where fair Selinus' stream In spacious bay gives refuge from the main; And to the gathered chiefs in mournful words At length Pompeius thus resolved his thoughts : O faithful comrades mine in war and flight! To me, my country! Though this barren shore Our place of meeting, and no gathered host 'Surrounds us, yet upon our changed estate I seek your counsel. Rouse ye as of yore With hearts of courage! Magnus on the field 'Not all is perished, nor do fates forbid But that I rise afresh with living hope Of future
Dion (search for this): book 8, card 211
of Alexander the Great. It was, however, subdued by the Parthians about the middle of the third century B.C. walls, ' Home of the Mede; and haughty Babylon ' With all her storied towers: nor shall they dread ' The Roman onset; trusting to the shafts ' By which the host of fated Crassus fell. ' Nor trust they only to the javelin blade ' Untipped with poison: from the rancorous edge 'The slightest wound deals death. Would that my lot ' Forced me not thus to trust that savage race ' Of Arsaces!Dion could not believe it possible that Pompeius ever contemplated taking refuge in Parthia, but Plutarch states it as a fact; and says that it was Theophanes of Lesbos who dissuaded him from doing so. ('Pomp.,' 76.) Mommsen (vol. iv., pp. 421-423) discusses the subject, and says that from Parthia only could Pompeius have attempted to seek support, and that such an attempt, putting the objections to it aside, would probably have failed. Lucan's sympathies were probably with Lentulus. Yet now th
Cnidus (Turkey) (search for this): book 8, card 211
use " March, Parthians, to Rome's conquest. Rome herself ' Prays to be conquered."' Hard the task imposed; Yet doffed his robe, and swift obeyed, the king Wrapped in a servant's mantle. If a Prince For safety play the boor, then happier, sure, The peasant's lot than lordship of the world. The king thus parted, past Icaria's rocks Pompeius' vessel skirts the foamy crags Of little Samos: Colophon's tranquil sea And Ephesus lay behind him, and the air Breathed freely on him from the Coan shore. Cnidos he shunned, and, famous for its sun, Rhodos, and steering for the middle deep Escaped the windings of Telmessus' bay; Till rose Pamphylian coasts before the bark, And first the fallen chieftain dared to find In small Phaselis shelter; for therein Scarce was the husbandman, and empty homes Forbad to fear. Next Taurus' heights he saw And Dipsus falling from his lofty sides: So sailed he onward. Did Pompeius dream, When giving safety to the seas, he made Flight for himself secure? His little b
Icaria (Greece) (search for this): book 8, card 211
y " Who but Pompeius soothed the kindling fires " Of Latium's anger?) - by my service paid '"Come forth to victory : burst the ancient bounds ' By Macedon's hero set: in Magnus' cause " March, Parthians, to Rome's conquest. Rome herself ' Prays to be conquered."' Hard the task imposed; Yet doffed his robe, and swift obeyed, the king Wrapped in a servant's mantle. If a Prince For safety play the boor, then happier, sure, The peasant's lot than lordship of the world. The king thus parted, past Icaria's rocks Pompeius' vessel skirts the foamy crags Of little Samos: Colophon's tranquil sea And Ephesus lay behind him, and the air Breathed freely on him from the Coan shore. Cnidos he shunned, and, famous for its sun, Rhodos, and steering for the middle deep Escaped the windings of Telmessus' bay; Till rose Pamphylian coasts before the bark, And first the fallen chieftain dared to find In small Phaselis shelter; for therein Scarce was the husbandman, and empty homes Forbad to fear. Next Tauru
Tigris (search for this): book 8, card 211
'Since in Emathia's battle-field was lost 'The world, so far as Roman, it remains ' To test the faith of peoples of the East ' Who drink of Tigris and Euphrates' stream, 'Secure as yet from Caesar. Be it thine 'Far as the rising of the sun to trace ' The fates that favour Magnus: to the courts ' Of Median palaces, to Scythian steppes; 'And to the son of haughty Arsaces, 'To bear my message, "Hold ye to the faith, '" Pledged by your priests and by the Thunderer's name ' "Of Latium sworn? Then fill your quivers full, ' "Draw to its fullest span th' Armenian bow; '" And, Getan archers, wing the fatal shaft. '" And you, ye Parthians, if when I sought '"The Caspian gates, and on th' Alaunian tribes " Fierce, ever-warring, pressed, I suffered you " In Persian tracts to wander, nor compelled " To seek for shelter Babylonian walls; " If beyond Cyrus' kingdom Pompeius seems to have induced the Roman public to believe that he had led his armies to such extreme distances, but he never in fact d
Euphrates (search for this): book 8, card 211
'Since in Emathia's battle-field was lost 'The world, so far as Roman, it remains ' To test the faith of peoples of the East ' Who drink of Tigris and Euphrates' stream, 'Secure as yet from Caesar. Be it thine 'Far as the rising of the sun to trace ' The fates that favour Magnus: to the courts ' Of Median palaces, to Scythian steppes; 'And to the son of haughty Arsaces, 'To bear my message, "Hold ye to the faith, '" Pledged by your priests and by the Thunderer's name ' "Of Latium sworn? Then om Hannibal. (Haskins, quoting 'The Scholiast.') 'Supposed from Hannibal, is swollen with pride 'At Varus' prayer for aid, and sees in thought Rome's fates beneath his own. Then, comrades, seek 'At speed, the Eastern world. Those mighty realms 'Euphrates severs from us, and the gates 'Called Caspian; on another sky than ours ' There day and night revolve; another sea ' Of different hue is parted from our own.Confusing the Red Sea with the Persian Gulf. ' Rule is their wish, nought else: and in
Rhodes (Greece) (search for this): book 8, card 211
Rome herself ' Prays to be conquered."' Hard the task imposed; Yet doffed his robe, and swift obeyed, the king Wrapped in a servant's mantle. If a Prince For safety play the boor, then happier, sure, The peasant's lot than lordship of the world. The king thus parted, past Icaria's rocks Pompeius' vessel skirts the foamy crags Of little Samos: Colophon's tranquil sea And Ephesus lay behind him, and the air Breathed freely on him from the Coan shore. Cnidos he shunned, and, famous for its sun, Rhodos, and steering for the middle deep Escaped the windings of Telmessus' bay; Till rose Pamphylian coasts before the bark, And first the fallen chieftain dared to find In small Phaselis shelter; for therein Scarce was the husbandman, and empty homes Forbad to fear. Next Taurus' heights he saw And Dipsus falling from his lofty sides: So sailed he onward. Did Pompeius dream, When giving safety to the seas, he made Flight for himself secure? His little boat Flies unmolested past Cilician shores; B
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