The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... Medes and Per- sians , takes up about two thirds of the first book . Upon the subjection of the Lydian monarchy follows the subjugation of the Ionians and other peoples of Asia Minor - a task which was intrusted by Cyrus to his ...
... Medes and Per- sians , takes up about two thirds of the first book . Upon the subjection of the Lydian monarchy follows the subjugation of the Ionians and other peoples of Asia Minor - a task which was intrusted by Cyrus to his ...
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... made war upon Cyaxares , a de- scendant of Deioces , and upon the Medes . He drove the Cimmerians out of Asia ; took Smyrna , which was founded from Colophon , and invaded Clazomenæ . From this place 6 [ 12-16 HERODOTUS - BOOK I , CLIO.
... made war upon Cyaxares , a de- scendant of Deioces , and upon the Medes . He drove the Cimmerians out of Asia ; took Smyrna , which was founded from Colophon , and invaded Clazomenæ . From this place 6 [ 12-16 HERODOTUS - BOOK I , CLIO.
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... whether he should long enjoy the kingdom , to which the Pythian gave this answer : " When a mule shall become King of the Medes , then , tender - footed Lydian , flee over pebbly Hermus , nor tarry , 51-55 ] 19 RICH GIFTS OF CROSUS.
... whether he should long enjoy the kingdom , to which the Pythian gave this answer : " When a mule shall become King of the Medes , then , tender - footed Lydian , flee over pebbly Hermus , nor tarry , 51-55 ] 19 RICH GIFTS OF CROSUS.
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... Medes instead of a man , and consequently that neither he nor his posterity should ever be deprived of the kingdom . In the next place he began to inquire carefully who were the most powerful of the Greeks whom he might gain over as ...
... Medes instead of a man , and consequently that neither he nor his posterity should ever be deprived of the kingdom . In the next place he began to inquire carefully who were the most powerful of the Greeks whom he might gain over as ...
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... Medes , but then to Cyrus . For the boundary of the Median empire and the Lydian was the river Halys , which flows from the mountains of Armenia through Cilicia , and afterward has the Matienians on the right and the Phrygians on the 70 ...
... Medes , but then to Cyrus . For the boundary of the Median empire and the Lydian was the river Halys , which flows from the mountains of Armenia through Cilicia , and afterward has the Matienians on the right and the Phrygians on the 70 ...
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