Epaminondas

She called Epaminondas and said, "Run to 'the big house' and ask your granny to send me a loaf of bread for dinner."

The Child's World Third Reader Sarah Withers Hetty Browne

'Wait, man!' called Epaminondas, not wishing his unwelcome visitor to see his other guests as they left.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

‘Wait, man!’ called Epaminondas, not wishing his unwelcome visitor to see his other guests as they left.

Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

The headmaster would get up and read this thing called Epaminondas.

Evening Standard - Home 2011

A primary teacher who heard me tell "Epaminondas" one evening, told it to her pupils the next morning, with great effect.

Stories to Tell to Children Sara Cone Bryant

"Epaminondas" belongs to a very large, very ancient type of funny story: the tale in which the jest depends wholly on an abnormal degree of stupidity on the part of the hero.

Stories to Tell to Children Sara Cone Bryant

Konarski had found theatricals in use; he maintained the custom, thinking these performances might become very instructive, had Racine and Corneille performed, and himself wrote a tragedy, "Epaminondas".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

To the charming friend who gave me the outline of "Epaminondas," as told her by her own "Mammy," I owe a deeper debt, for "Epaminondas" has carried joy since then into more schools and homes than I dare to enumerate; please take your thanks now, dear Kentucky friend!

Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling 1907

_Heavyside_ (_Author of "Epaminondas" and other unread Epics_).

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 Various 1876

"Epaminondas," they said, "had merely swept and garnished Achaea for the

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874