The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... Grecians ( for they are unable to tell their name ) , having touched at Tyre in Phoenicia , car- ried off the king's daughter Europa . These must have been Cretans . Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; but that after this ...
... Grecians ( for they are unable to tell their name ) , having touched at Tyre in Phoenicia , car- ried off the king's daughter Europa . These must have been Cretans . Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; but that after this ...
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... Grecian people . The Ephesians , being besieged by him , consecrated their city to Diana , by fastening a rope from ... Grecians in Asia to the payment of tribute , he formed a design to build ships and attack the Islanders . But when ...
... Grecian people . The Ephesians , being besieged by him , consecrated their city to Diana , by fastening a rope from ... Grecians in Asia to the payment of tribute , he formed a design to build ships and attack the Islanders . But when ...
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... Grecians in his alliance . When Croesus heard the answers that were brought back , he was beyond measure delighted with the oracles ; and fully expecting that he should destroy the kingdom of Cyrus , he again sent to Delphi , and having ...
... Grecians in his alliance . When Croesus heard the answers that were brought back , he was beyond measure delighted with the oracles ; and fully expecting that he should destroy the kingdom of Cyrus , he again sent to Delphi , and having ...
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... Grecians . In the Pæanean tribe was a woman named Phya , four cubits high , wanting three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armour , and placed her on a chariot , and hav- ing ...
... Grecians . In the Pæanean tribe was a woman named Phya , four cubits high , wanting three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armour , and placed her on a chariot , and hav- ing ...
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... Grecians is that Thales the Milesian procured him a passage . For , while Croesus was in doubt how his army should pass over the river ( for they say that these bridges were not at that time in existence ) , Thales , who was in the camp ...
... Grecians is that Thales the Milesian procured him a passage . For , while Croesus was in doubt how his army should pass over the river ( for they say that these bridges were not at that time in existence ) , Thales , who was in the camp ...
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