...richer districts the more unsettled ; some of the poorer, like Attica, in reality the more prosperous. migratory, and readily left their homes whenever they...could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their own soil just enough to obtain a main.tenance...

...Thucydides ? A very little, but that little is very precious. The country now called HELLAS, says he, was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people...numbers. There was no commerce, and they could not readily hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their...

...Thucydides ? A very little, but that little is very precious. The country now called HELLAS, says 'he, was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people...numbers. There was no commerce, and they could not readily hold intercourse with one another cither by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their...

...inquiry, I should imagine that former ages were not great either in their wars or in anything else. " The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly...could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea." In this way he goes on, showing the uncivilized condition of the country in...

...(ic 21), with his usual discernment, saw long ago. "The country which is now called Hellas," he says, "was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people...could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their own soil (vc/xo/xei/ot re rot aurwv) just...

...disregard him. Summarized in the barest form his story of early Greece is as follows : — "The country now called Hellas was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people were migratory, cultivating the soil just enough to obtain a maintenance from it, building no great cities and having...

...century B. c., is worth reproducing in this connection for its general suggestiveness : "The country was not regularly settled in ancient times. The people...could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their own soil just enough to obtain a maintenance...

...long intervals. GB LONGSTAFF, Studies in Statistics, 34-35, 37-38, 43-44. Migrations of the Greeks The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly...could not safely hold intercourse with one another either by land or sea. The several tribes cultivated their own soil just enough to obtain a maintenance...

...state of society which was beginning to prevail at the time of the Trojan War. III. GREEK MIGRATIONS The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly...people were migratory, and readily left their homes when they were overpowered by numbers. There was no commerce, and they could not safely hold intercourse...

...At the same time the selection illustrates the method of Thucydides in dealing with early times. 2. The country which is now called Hellas was not regularly...their homes whenever they were overpowered by numbers. 1 The curetes were themselves the dairaones, spirits, attendant on the god. He was a year god, who...