The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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Page xi
... gold , generations after Herodotus had ceased to write ; and his preface , which is a retrospect , gives a wider and deeper theme . In modern language his theme is the history of the world in its bearing on the great struggle between ...
... gold , generations after Herodotus had ceased to write ; and his preface , which is a retrospect , gives a wider and deeper theme . In modern language his theme is the history of the world in its bearing on the great struggle between ...
Page xv
... transfer from Greek into English does not efface all the Herodotean charm . The dialect is gone , it is true , a cunningly wrought robe with gleams of epic gold . The varied tone is gone , the manifold stops of the organ HERODOTUS XV.
... transfer from Greek into English does not efface all the Herodotean charm . The dialect is gone , it is true , a cunningly wrought robe with gleams of epic gold . The varied tone is gone , the manifold stops of the organ HERODOTUS XV.
Page 6
... gold ; and among the rest , what is especially worthy of mention , the bowls of gold , six in number , were dedicated by him : these now stand in the treasury of the Corinthians , and are thirty talents in weight ; though , to say the ...
... gold ; and among the rest , what is especially worthy of mention , the bowls of gold , six in number , were dedicated by him : these now stand in the treasury of the Corinthians , and are thirty talents in weight ; though , to say the ...
Page 18
... gold and silver , vials of gold , and robes of purple and garments ; hoping by that means more completely to conciliate the god : he also ordered all the Lydians to offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended ...
... gold and silver , vials of gold , and robes of purple and garments ; hoping by that means more completely to conciliate the god : he also ordered all the Lydians to offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended ...
Page 19
... gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and these are at Thebes in the Temple of Ismenian Apollo . To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in charge ...
... gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and these are at Thebes in the Temple of Ismenian Apollo . To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in charge ...
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