Phocion
Americannoun
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In duty fixed, Here I remain'd, while my brave, gen'rous Phocion, Fled with my child, and from his mother's arms Bore my sweet little one.
From The Grecian Daughter by Murphy, Arthur
Let these fail, through the blighting influence of despotism, licentiousness, superstition, or slavery, and the national greatness is cankered at the root, and its preservation overtasks the ability of Phocion, of Hannibal, of Cato.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
Thus Phocion had his son brought up in the Lacedæmonian manner, and Alcibiades was at least nursed by Amycla, Plutarch Lycurg.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
The fact is, as I have already said, that while Phocion, the enemy of the democratic policy, is above all suspicion, both contemporaries and survivors had their doubts about Demosthenes.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
You know Demosthenes likes to hear himself praised and he would almost give his right hand for a compliment from Phocion, the 'pruner of his periods,' as he calls him.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
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