The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... Xerxes , and the failure of the expedition . The digressions are few . The narrative moves on , unhasting and unresting , to the last chapter . Such is a rapid outline of the nine books of Herodotus- the nine Muses , as they were ...
... Xerxes , and the failure of the expedition . The digressions are few . The narrative moves on , unhasting and unresting , to the last chapter . Such is a rapid outline of the nine books of Herodotus- the nine Muses , as they were ...
Page 29
... with another in the time of Darius , and a third in the time of Xerxes . ' The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . encamped and ravaged the lands of the Syrians , and 74-76 ] 29 CROESUS INVADES CAPPADOCIA.
... with another in the time of Darius , and a third in the time of Xerxes . ' The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . encamped and ravaged the lands of the Syrians , and 74-76 ] 29 CROESUS INVADES CAPPADOCIA.
Page 225
... Xerxes , the mother of Sataspes , who was sister to Darius , begged him off , promising that she would inflict a greater punishment upon him than he would , for she would constrain him to sail round Libya , until , sailing round , he ...
... Xerxes , the mother of Sataspes , who was sister to Darius , begged him off , promising that she would inflict a greater punishment upon him than he would , for she would constrain him to sail round Libya , until , sailing round , he ...
Page 350
... Xerxes , Xerxes , " a warrior " ; and Artaxerxes , " a mighty warrior . " Thus , then , the Greeks may rightly designate these kings in their language . 66 The barbarians , after they had parted from Delos , touched at the islands ; and ...
... Xerxes , Xerxes , " a warrior " ; and Artaxerxes , " a mighty warrior . " Thus , then , the Greeks may rightly designate these kings in their language . 66 The barbarians , after they had parted from Delos , touched at the islands ; and ...
Page 366
... Xerxes : and these two not being of the same mother , were at variance . Artabazanes urged that he was the eldest of all the sons , and that it was the established usage among all men that the eldest son should succeed to the ...
... Xerxes : and these two not being of the same mother , were at variance . Artabazanes urged that he was the eldest of all the sons , and that it was the established usage among all men that the eldest son should succeed to the ...
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