Life of Themistocles
Nepos, Themistocles
The architect of Athens' navy and the victory at Salamis, who ended his life in the service of Persia. 10 sections, 91 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
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- Chapter 1A wild youth reformedThemistoclēs, Neoclī fīlius, Athēniēnsis.
- Chapter 2The fleet and the wooden wallsPrīmus autem gradus fuit capessendae reī pūblicae bellō Corcȳraeō: ad quod…
- Chapter 3Thermopylae and ArtemisiumHuius cōnsilium plērīsque cīvitātibus displicēbat et in terrā dīmicārī magis…
- Chapter 4The trick before SalamisAt Xerxēs Thermopylīs expugnātīs prōtinus accessit astu idque nūllīs…
- Chapter 5Xerxes goes homeHic etsī male rem gesserat, tamen tantās habēbat reliquiās cōpiārum, ut…
- Chapter 6The Piraeus and the walls of AthensMagnus hōc bellō Themistoclēs fuit neque minor in pāce.
- Chapter 7Playing for time in SpartaThemistoclēs autem, ut Lacedaemonem vēnit, adīre ad magistrātūs nōluit et dedit…
- Chapter 8Ostracism and flightTamen nōn effūgit cīvium suōrum invidiam.
- Chapter 9A letter to the Persian kingSciō plērōsque ita scrīpsisse, Themistoclem Xerxe regnante in Asiam trānsīsse.
- Chapter 10Honours and death in AsiaHuius rēx animī magnitūdinem admīrāns cupiēnsque tālem virum sibi conciliārī…
Nepos, Themistocles. Latin text: A. Fleckeisen (Teubner, 1886), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.