Heracleides
Britishnoun
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"Early to-morrow," said Heracleides, "we will bring you to them; and I know," he added once more, "as soon as they set eyes on you, they will flock to you with alacrity."
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
Of course to the mind of Heracleides this is all silly talk; since the one great object is to keep money by whatever means.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
Heracleides, in the fourth century B. C., said that Mercury and Venus circled around the sun, and in the third century Aristarchus of Samos actually anticipated, though it was a mere guess, the heliocentric theory.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
Heracleides, as he used to prove to me, finds the sum excessive.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
They asked: "Does he play the popular leader?" and Heracleides answered: "Exactly so."
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
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