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Excerpt from Cornelius Nepos De Vita Excellentium Imperatorum I. Miltiades, Cimonisfilz'us, Atheniensz's. Quum et antiquitate generis, et gloria majorum, et sua modestia, unus omnium maxime oreret, caque esset atate, ut jam non solum de cc bene sperare, sed etiam confidere cives possent sui, talem futurum, qualem cog 5 nitum judicarunt; accidit, ut Athenienses Chersonesum colonos vellent mittere. Cujus generis quum magnus numerus esset, et multi ojus demigrationis peterent soci etatem ex his delecti Delphos deliberatum missi sunt, qui consulerent Apollinem, quo potissimum duce ute rentar. Namque tum Thraces eas regiones tenebant, cum quibus armis erat dimicandum. His consulentibus nominatim Pythia pracepit, ut Miltiadem sibi imperato rem sumerent; id si fecissent, incepta prospera futura Hoc oraculi responso Miltiades cum delecta manu classe Chersonesum profectus, quum accessisset Lemnum, et incolas ojus insula sub potestatem redigere vellet Athe niensium, idque Lemnii sua sponte facerent, postulasset illi irridentes responderunt, turn id se facturos, quum ille domo navibus proficiscens vento aquilone venisset Lemnum. Hic enim ventus, a septentrionibus oriens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.