Philothea
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It is for Aspasia, the beloved wife of Pericles. " Tears choked his utterance; but stifling his emotion, he exclaimed, "Athenians! if ye would know what it is that thus unmans a soul capableof meeting death with calmness, behold, and judge for yourselves!" As he spoke, he raised Aspasia's veil. Her drapery had been studiouslyarranged to display her loveliness to the utmost advantage; and as shestood forth radiant in beauty, the building rung with the acclamationsthat were sent forth, peal after... peal, by the multitude.
Pericles had not in vain calculated on the sympathies of a volatile andardent people, passionately fond of the beautiful, in all its forms. Aspasia remained in Athens, triumphant over the laws of religion andmorality.
Clinias desired leave to speak in behalf of Philothea, grandchild ofAnaxagoras; and the populace, made good-humoured by their own clemency, expressed a wish to hear. He proceeded as follows: "Philothea, --whom youall know was, not long since, one of the Canephor
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is for Aspasia, the beloved wife of Pericles. " Tears choked his utterance; but stifling his emotion, he exclaimed, "Athenians! if ye would know what it is that thus unmans a soul capableof meeting death with calmness, behold, and judge for yourselves!" As he spoke, he raised Aspasia's veil. Her drapery had been studiouslyarranged to display her loveliness to the utmost advantage; and as shestood forth radiant in beauty, the building rung with the acclamationsthat were sent forth, peal after... peal, by the multitude.
Pericles had not in vain calculated on the sympathies of a volatile andardent people, passionately fond of the beautiful, in all its forms. Aspasia remained in Athens, triumphant over the laws of religion andmorality.
Clinias desired leave to speak in behalf of Philothea, grandchild ofAnaxagoras; and the populace, made good-humoured by their own clemency, expressed a wish to hear. He proceeded as follows: "Philothea, --whom youall know was, not long since, one of the Canephor
What to read after Philothea?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Child Lydia Maria Francis to read onlineMoreLess
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