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Under the pen name Phocion, Hamilton penned over 25 essays attacking Jefferson -- most notably, an accusation of Jefferson's multiple affairs with slaves.
Harry Graver: The Founding Fathers and Campaign Civility Harry Graver 2011
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Certainly, some of these paintings recount the character and fate of persons, such as Phocion and Diogenes, whose comportment perfectly represented the ideals of the movement: constancy, resolve, self-control.
The Magical Painting of Poussin Butterfield, Andrew 2008
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"Phocion," p. 742 B. [414] Namely in § xxvii. where [Greek: parrhêsia] is discussed.
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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[451] Cf. Plutarch, "Phocion," p. 746 D. [452] A proverb of persons on the brink of destruction.
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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They were such as Phocion, and Epaminondas, and Timoleon, who formed themselves on their influence, were to the wretched heroes of our own age.
A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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In spite of Phocion, the supporters of Demosthenes still controlled the assembly and threw the old general off the platform.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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To the conservative party leader Phocion, this seemed perfectly reasonable.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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To the conservative party leader Phocion, this seemed perfectly reasonable.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In spite of Phocion, the supporters of Demosthenes still controlled the assembly and threw the old general off the platform.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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To the conservative party leader Phocion, this seemed perfectly reasonable.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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