The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... horse . " The other answering said : " Sire , you ap- pear to wish above all things to see the Islanders on horse- back upon the continent ; and not without reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after ...
... horse . " The other answering said : " Sire , you ap- pear to wish above all things to see the Islanders on horse- back upon the continent ; and not without reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after ...
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... horses , for- saking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Cro- sus beheld this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy , and sent immediately to consult the interpreters at Telmessus ; but the messengers having ...
... horses , for- saking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Cro- sus beheld this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy , and sent immediately to consult the interpreters at Telmessus ; but the messengers having ...
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... horses with admirable address . The place where they met was the plain that lies before the city of Sardis , which is extensive and bare ; several rivers as well as the Hyllus , flowing through it , force a passage into the greatest ...
... horses with admirable address . The place where they met was the plain that lies before the city of Sardis , which is extensive and bare ; several rivers as well as the Hyllus , flowing through it , force a passage into the greatest ...
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... horses and engaged with the Persians on foot ; at last , when many had fallen on both sides , the Lydians were put to flight , and being shut up within the walls , were besieged by the Persians . Siege was then laid to them ; but ...
... horses and engaged with the Persians on foot ; at last , when many had fallen on both sides , the Lydians were put to flight , and being shut up within the walls , were besieged by the Persians . Siege was then laid to them ; but ...
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... horse- men throughout his army , and proclaimed that he would lib- erally reward the man who should first mount the wall ; upon this several attempts were made , and as often failed , until after the rest had desisted , a Mardian ...
... horse- men throughout his army , and proclaimed that he would lib- erally reward the man who should first mount the wall ; upon this several attempts were made , and as often failed , until after the rest had desisted , a Mardian ...
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