The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . 1 By barbarians the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from them- selves - all foreigners . The Phoenicians passed over - land from the Red Sea to the ...
... daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . 1 By barbarians the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from them- selves - all foreigners . The Phoenicians passed over - land from the Red Sea to the ...
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... daughter Europa . These must have been Cretans . Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; but that after this the Greeks were guilty of the second provoca- tion ; for that having sailed down in a vessel of war 1 to Æa , a city ...
... daughter Europa . These must have been Cretans . Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; but that after this the Greeks were guilty of the second provoca- tion ; for that having sailed down in a vessel of war 1 to Æa , a city ...
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... daughter , on condition of having the sovereignty . Pisistratus having accepted the proposal and agreed to his terms , in order to his restitution , they contrived the most ridiculous project that , I think , was ever imagined ...
... daughter , on condition of having the sovereignty . Pisistratus having accepted the proposal and agreed to his terms , in order to his restitution , they contrived the most ridiculous project that , I think , was ever imagined ...
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... daughter of Megacles in accordance with his agreement . But as he already had grown- up sons , and as the Alcmæonidæ were said to be under a curse , he , wishing not to have any children by his newly mar- ried wife , had intercourse ...
... daughter of Megacles in accordance with his agreement . But as he already had grown- up sons , and as the Alcmæonidæ were said to be under a curse , he , wishing not to have any children by his newly mar- ried wife , had intercourse ...
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... daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyax- ares . For , without strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts ob- serve the same ceremonies as the Greeks , and in ...
... daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyax- ares . For , without strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts ob- serve the same ceremonies as the Greeks , and in ...
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