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  • She insisted on having some reference to a horse in his name, that he should be called Xanthippus, Charippus or Callippides.

    The Clouds 2000

  • a horse in his name, that he should be called Xanthippus, Charippus or

    The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

  • Meanwhile Xanthippus and Hamilcar almost died four times each.

    I Think I Finally Got the Hang of Bagradas | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2010

  • A short time afterwards a thousand Athenians, under the command of Pericles the son of Xanthippus, embarking on board the fleet which they had at Pegae, now in their possession, coasted along to

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • While the Peloponnesians were gathering at the Isthmus, and were still on their way, but before they entered Attica, Pericles the son of Xanthippus, who was one of the ten Athenian generals, knowing that the invasion was inevitable, and suspecting that

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The Lacedaemonians desired the Athenians to drive away this curse, as if the honour of the Gods were their first object, but in reality because they knew that the curse attached to Pericles, the son of Xanthippus, by his mother's side, and they thought that if he were banished they would find the Athenians more manageable.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • At last Pericles the son of Xanthippus, who was the first man of his day at Athens, and the greatest orator and statesman, came forward and advised as follows:

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Towards the autumn of this year the Athenians invaded the Megarid with their whole levy, resident aliens included, under the command of Pericles, son of Xanthippus.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Xanthippus, one of the ten generals of the Athenians, finding that the invasion was to take place, conceived the idea that Archidamus, who happened to be his friend, might possibly pass by his estate without ravaging it.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • Among them came forward Pericles, son of Xanthippus, the first man of his time at Athens, ablest alike in counsel and in action, and gave the following advice:

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

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