The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... equal to the coffin in length , and after I had measured it I covered it up again . " The man told him what he had seen , but Lichas , reflecting on what was said , conjectured from the words of the oracle that this must be the body of ...
... equal to the coffin in length , and after I had measured it I covered it up again . " The man told him what he had seen , but Lichas , reflecting on what was said , conjectured from the words of the oracle that this must be the body of ...
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... equal success , on occasion of an engagement , it happened that in the heat of the battle day was suddenly turned into night . This change of the day Thales the Milesian 1 The long flowing dresses of the ancients made it necessary to ...
... equal success , on occasion of an engagement , it happened that in the heat of the battle day was suddenly turned into night . This change of the day Thales the Milesian 1 The long flowing dresses of the ancients made it necessary to ...
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... equal terms , would venture to advance upon Sardis . While Croesus was forming these plans , the whole suburbs were filled with serpents , and when they appeared , the horses , for- saking their pastures , came and devoured them . When ...
... equal terms , would venture to advance upon Sardis . While Croesus was forming these plans , the whole suburbs were filled with serpents , and when they appeared , the horses , for- saking their pastures , came and devoured them . When ...
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... equal success that of the six hundred , only three men were left alive ; of the Ar- gians , Alcenor and Chromius , and of the Lacedæmonians , Öthryades ; these survived when night came on . The two Argians , thinking themselves ...
... equal success that of the six hundred , only three men were left alive ; of the Ar- gians , Alcenor and Chromius , and of the Lacedæmonians , Öthryades ; these survived when night came on . The two Argians , thinking themselves ...
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Herodotus. the Milesians , were , as I am informed , equal in weight and similar to those at Delphi . Now the offerings which he made to Delphi and to Amphiaraus were his own property and the first fruits of his patrimonial riches ; but ...
Herodotus. the Milesians , were , as I am informed , equal in weight and similar to those at Delphi . Now the offerings which he made to Delphi and to Amphiaraus were his own property and the first fruits of his patrimonial riches ; but ...
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