The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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Page 31
... commanded his infantry to follow the camels , and he placed the whole of his cavalry behind the infantry . When all were drawn up in order , he charged them not to spare any of the Lydians , but to kill every one they met ; but on no ...
... commanded his infantry to follow the camels , and he placed the whole of his cavalry behind the infantry . When all were drawn up in order , he charged them not to spare any of the Lydians , but to kill every one they met ; but on no ...
Page 34
... commanded his interpreters to ask Croesus whom it was he called upon ; that they drew near and asked him , but Croesus for some time kept silence : but at last , being constrained to speak , said , “ I named a man whose discourses I ...
... commanded his interpreters to ask Croesus whom it was he called upon ; that they drew near and asked him , but Croesus for some time kept silence : but at last , being constrained to speak , said , “ I named a man whose discourses I ...
Page 41
... commanded the rest of the people to fix their habitations round the fortification . And when all the buildings were completed he , for the first time , established the following regulations : that no man should be admitted to the king's ...
... commanded the rest of the people to fix their habitations round the fortification . And when all the buildings were completed he , for the first time , established the following regulations : that no man should be admitted to the king's ...
Page 44
... commanded ; though he should be yet more outrageous and mad than he is , I will not comply with his wishes , nor will I submit to him by performing such a murder : and for many reasons I will not murder the child ; both because he is my ...
... commanded ; though he should be yet more outrageous and mad than he is , I will not comply with his wishes , nor will I submit to him by performing such a murder : and for many reasons I will not murder the child ; both because he is my ...
Page 45
... commanded him to be put to death . " As the herdsman uttered these last words , he uncovered the child and showed it to his wife ; she seeing that the child was large and of a beautiful form , embraced the knees of her husband , and ...
... commanded him to be put to death . " As the herdsman uttered these last words , he uncovered the child and showed it to his wife ; she seeing that the child was large and of a beautiful form , embraced the knees of her husband , and ...
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