...overthrown in the battle just fought. What now remained for them was a noble spoil. The much -rumoured riches of the East abounded in those very regions,...common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory, not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece. The soldiers...

...overthrown in the battle just fought. What now remained for them was a noble spoil. The much- rumoured riches of the East abounded in those very regions,...common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory, not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece. The. soldiers...

...victory over Ponis, in order to encourage them to advance fuither into India, that speech affords faiily strong evidence of what has just been stated. " What...regions to which their steps were now bent. The spoils accordiDgly which they had taken from the Persians had now become cheap and common. They were going...

...a commercial population from the far west — from Syracuse, Sybaris, and even the distant К nine. But the far east had a peculiar fascination. As the...common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece.' ' Alexander was...

...encourage them to advance further into India, that speech affords fairly strong evidence of what lias just been stated. ' What now remained for them,' said...common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece." ' Alexander was...

...promoted the growth of wealth and civilisation elsewhere. The Greeks of the ^Egean distinctly recognised what they owed to the Phoenicians, and they in their...common. They were going to fill with pearls, precious stones, gold, and ivory not only their private abodes, but all Macedonia and Greece."1 Alexander was...