Madame de Menon almost equally alarmed, and more perplexed, by this combination of strange and unaccountable circumstances, ceased to oppose their design.
The confessor was shut up with him a considerable time, and he had already received extreme unction, when Madame de Menon was summoned to his bedside.
Nature and art must conspire to render us susceptible of the charms, and to qualify us for the practice of the second class of conversation, here termed sentimental, and in which Madame de Menon particularly excelled.
From Madame de Menon she received a faithful sympathy, which was the sole relief of her oppressed heart.
It was the particular care of Madame de Menon to counteract those traits in the disposition of her young pupils, which appeared inimical to their future happiness; and for this task she had abilities which entitled her to hope for success.
But the integrity of Madame de Menon was not to be questioned with impunity.
The apartments of Madame de Menon were spacious and noble.
Upon his death, I bade adieu to my cousin, and quitted Sicily for Italy, where the Chevalier de Menon had for some time expected me.
Furious at having missed the Camisards, de Menon having heard from his scouts that Roland was to sleep next night at the chateau de Prade, went to M.
In the eveningMenon set out with two hundred grenadiers.
The sentinels took up the cry, Roland jumped out of bed, and, without staying for clothes or horse, ran off in his shirt, escaping by a postern gate which opened on the forest just as de Menon entered by another.
Menon at Saint Hippolyte, or to the commandants of Uzes, Nimes, and Lunel.
But the village, the approaches, the issues were all occupied by royal troops, and at the same time Grandval and the marechal joined forces, while Menon collected his men together and pushed forward.
No meaner hand could have sufficed to lay him low, and none but Menon took Menon's life, because--Shall I read on?
They teach me," he continued, "that Menon could not bear his loss, after she had left his tent whose place was on the loftiest throne the earth has ever seen.
But for Menon and his skill in warfare, the besiegers must have fled from before it in disorder and dismay.
It was written in heaven," continued Assarac, "that the servant must yield to his master, and that a jewel too precious for Menon was to blaze in the diadem of the Great King.
He gave orders to Clearchus to take command of the right wing, and to Menon the Thessalian of the left, while he himself undertook to the disposition of his own forces in person.
Some dispute or other here occurred between the soldiers of Menon and Clearchus, in which Clearchus sentenced one of Menon's men, as the delinquent, and had him flogged.
They were Proxenus the Boeotian, Menon the Thessalian, Agias the Arcadian, Clearchus the Laconian, and Socrates the Achaean; while the captains remained at the doors.
That was what Menon himself wished, being, as he was, a friend and intimate of Ariaeus, and bound by mutual ties of hospitality.
As to Menon the Thessalian (3), the mainspring of his action was obvious; what he sought after insatiably was wealth.
With these words he sent back the messengers and with them he sent Cheirisophus the Laconian, and Menon the Thessalian.
And as other men pride themselves on piety and truth and righteousness, so Menon prided himself on a capacity for fraud, on the fabrication of lies, on the mockery and scorn of friends.
The right was held by Menon and those with him; the 15 left by Clearchus and his men; the centre by the remaining generals with theirs.
Here he remained seven days, and was joined by Menon the Thessalian, who arrived with one thousand hoplites and five hundred peltasts, Dolopes, Aenianes, and Olynthians.
Clearchus held the right wing resting on the Euphrates, Proxenus was next, and after him the rest, whileMenon with his troops held the Hellenic left.
At this point Cyrus sent back the Cilician queen to her own country by the quickest route; and to escort her he sent the soldiers of Menon, and Menon himself.
But before the general body of Greek soldiers had pronounced their formal acquiescence, Menon with his separate division was already in the water, crossing.
Menon was not put to death along with the other generals.
Plutarch and Diodorus as referred to in the preceding note) attests the treason of Menon, which he probably derived from the story of Menon himself.
Imagining that Menon was the unknown calumniator who prejudiced the satrap against him, he hoped to prevail on the satrap to disclose his name and dismiss him.
Some of the soldiers of Menon becoming involved in a quarrel with those of Klearchus, the latter examined into the case, pronounced one of Menon’s soldiers to have misbehaved, and caused him to be flogged.
For Menonhad instigated his men to decide separately for themselves, and to execute their decision, before the others had given any answer.
Though Menon thought it convenient, when brought up to Babylon, to boast of having been the instrument through whom the generals were entrapped into the fatal tent, this boast is not to be treated as matter of fact.
Among the Greeks, Klearchus commanded the right division of hoplites, with Paphlagonian horsemen and the Grecian peltasts on the extreme right, close to the river; Proxenus with his division stood next; Menon commanded on the left.
Klearchus commanded on the left, andMenon on the right; the other generals being distributed in the centre.
Xenophon affirmed Menon to be the person who caused the destruction of Klearchus by Tissaphernes.
From hence Cyrus despatched the Cilician queen, by the shortest road, into Cilicia; and sent with her the troops which Menon had, and Menon himself.
Menon and his troops occupied the left wing of the Greeks.
The soldiers, in consequence, being filled with great expectations, prayed that he might succeed; and to Menon Cyrus was said to have sent most magnificent presents.
But before it was certain what the other soldiers would do, whether they would accompany Cyrus or not, Menon assembled his own troops apart from the rest, and spoke as follows: 14.
He desired Clearchus to take the command of the right wing, and Menon the Thessalian that of the left, while he himself drew up his own troops.
They were accordingly drawn up four deep; Menon and his troops took the right wing; Clearchus and his men the left; and the other captains occupied the centre.
This view, however, is specifically held to be fallacious by the author of the work On Diseases, who is supported by a polemical section in the surviving Menon fragment.
Recently, too, a little more information concerning the works of both men has become available from the Menon papyrus.
Menon listened, nodded, and the King went on: "Strange!
Menon journeyed down the Tigris in a barge whose sweeps were manned by swart Phoenicians; and beside the guard accompanying him, there were certain slaves who bore provisions and the royal gifts for Arabia's Prince.
In vain Boabdul fought with all his skill to regain an aggressor's vantage ground, yet could not, for his blade was now his shield, while Menon warded blows with either arm.
They called to Semiramis, these whispers, in the name of love, whence Menon seemed to stretch his arms in loneliness.
In the van ran Ninus, and close beside him Menon came, each intent on mounting to the battlements, each watching covertly lest the other gain some vantage ground; thus it came about that the two contrived a separate road.
Each looked into the other's eyes, in measure of the final cast; then Menon spoke a single word in answer: "No!
Where Ninus smashed his way through the bristling ranks of opposing force, Menon skimmed in crafty circles till he found the weakest point, then cut it cleanly, as the swallow cuts the wind.
Menon pursed his lips and ridged his brow with his sternest frown.
The King arose and set to striding in fury to and fro, while Menon forbore to question him, knowing that if his master willed he would speak in time.
Menon splashed the pic in the lead-story position.
He seems to consider, indeed, that the Menon and Euthydemus were both written for the purpose of defending Sokrates: thus implying that they too were written after the indictment was preferred (Proleg.
Moreover, Stallbaum places the Menon and Ion about the same time--a few months or weeks before the trial of Sokrates (Proleg.
To this difficulty, the reply made in the Menon is, that you never do learn any thing really new.
And in this sense the doctrine of Plato in the Menon is partially true--that learning is reminiscence.
Of sambandham the following account was given by Mr. Chandu Menon to the Malabar Marriage Commission.
The title Menon is in general hereditary, but, be it remarked, many who now use it are not entitled to do so.
Raman Menon on sambandham among the Akattu Charna or Akathithaparisha (inside clan), Mr. Fawcett states that "my informant says in the first place that the man should not enter into sambandham with a woman until he is thirty.
In the Travancore Census Report, 1901, Menon is said to be "a contraction of Menavan (a superior person).
By Wigram, [41] Menon is defined as "a title originally conferred by the Zamorin on his agents and writers.
A man known to me was invested with the title Menon in 1895 by the Karimpuzha chief, who, in the presence of a large assembly, said thrice 'From this day forward I confer on Krishnan Nayar the title of Krishna Menon.
Sankara Menon writes that the Marars are "Sudras, and, properly speaking, they ought to be classed along with Nayars.
Nowadays be it said, the title Menonis used by Nayars of clans other than the Akattu Charna.
Side-note: Menon complains that the conversation of Sokrates confounds him like an electric shock--Sokrates replies that he is himself in the same state of confusion and ignorance.
Anytus then declares, that the persons from whom Menon ought to learn virtue are the leading practical politicians; and that any one of them can teach it.
Side-note: Little or nothing is said in the Menon about the Platonic Ideas or Forms.
Menon must look for a better definition, including nothing but what is already known or admitted.
Side-note: The Menonbrings forward the point of analogy between Sokrates and the Sophists, in which both were disliked by the practical statesmen.
Menon naturally busies himself among the best families of Athens, and commands a very good income.
Menon himself claims to have been a personal pupil of the great Hippocrates,[*] and about every other reputable Greek physician will make the same claim.
Menon himself is just preparing to go out on his professional calls.
In agape esti, kai ho menon hoc perfecta est nobiscum en te agape en to Theo caritas ut fiduciam menei, kai ho Theos en habeamus in die iudicii auto.
Menon was muttering between his teeth: "Hermes, be his aid!
As Menon led him away, he waved a loving farewell to the god.
Menon talked gaily about their journey, the games to-morrow, Creon's training.
After a little Menon and Charmides said farewell and went away through the chattering crowd and up under the cool trees on Mount Kronion to their camp.
Menon caught up Charmides and threw him to his shoulder laughing and stamping his feet.
As the three walked back to camp, Menon said: "Who shall write your chorus of triumph, Creon?
Menon pointed to a large white board hanging on the wall and said, "See!
And when the herald announced the name of the winner, the benches buzzed with, "Creon, Creon, son of Menon the Athenian.
And in that circle of faces Menon stood with his arms about Creon, laughing and crying.
Menon took it and held it high, looking up into the blue heavens.
Menon spoke a few words to the porter at the gate.
Menon leaped over men's heads and went running down the course calling for his son.
Menon leaned upon a friend's shoulder and burst into tears.
Menon and Charmides had a thousand questions about the games.
Menon came after him, laughing, and Glaucon followed to care for them.
But when Creon threw, Charmides cried out in sorrow, and Menon groaned.
But promises and threats were alike vain; and Ninus, in a fury, cast Menon into prison.
Captivated by her surpassing beauty and charming conversation, Menon induced her to return with him to Nineveh, the capital.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "menon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
