The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... hundred days , without including the inter- calary month ; and if we add that month1 to every other year , in order that the seasons arriving at the proper time may agree , the intercalary months will be thirty - five more in the ...
... hundred days , without including the inter- calary month ; and if we add that month1 to every other year , in order that the seasons arriving at the proper time may agree , the intercalary months will be thirty - five more in the ...
Page 18
... hundred and seventeen ; four of these , of pure gold , weighed each two talents and a half ; the other half bricks of pale gold weighed two talents each . He made also the figure of a lion of fine gold , weighing ten talents . This lion ...
... hundred and seventeen ; four of these , of pure gold , weighed each two talents and a half ; the other half bricks of pale gold weighed two talents each . He made also the figure of a lion of fine gold , weighing ten talents . This lion ...
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... hundred amphoræ , and covered it outside to the rim with various fig- ures , they sent it to him , being desirous of making Croesus a present in return . But this bowl never reached Sardis , for one of the two following reasons : the ...
... hundred amphoræ , and covered it outside to the rim with various fig- ures , they sent it to him , being desirous of making Croesus a present in return . But this bowl never reached Sardis , for one of the two following reasons : the ...
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... hundred men on each side should engage , and that whichever party was victorious should be entitled to the disputed terri- tory : but it was stipulated that the main body of each army should withdraw to their own country , and not ...
... hundred men on each side should engage , and that whichever party was victorious should be entitled to the disputed terri- tory : but it was stipulated that the main body of each army should withdraw to their own country , and not ...
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... hundred , they say that , being ashamed to return to Sparta when all his fellow - soldiers had perished , he put an end to himself at Thyrea . When the affairs of the Spartans were in this condition , the Sardian ambassador arrived ...
... hundred , they say that , being ashamed to return to Sparta when all his fellow - soldiers had perished , he put an end to himself at Thyrea . When the affairs of the Spartans were in this condition , the Sardian ambassador arrived ...
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accordingly Ægina Æginetæ afterward Amasis answered Argives Aristagoras army arrived Artaphernes Asia Astyages Athenians Athens barbarians battle brought called Cambyses Carians carried cavalry Cleomenes commanded consult the oracle Croesus Cyrenæans Cyrus Darius daughter death Delphi Demaratus Egypt Egyptians engagement Ethiopians expedition father fled flows forces gave give gods gold Grecians Greece Greeks happened Harpagus heard Hellespont herald Herodotus Histiæus honour horses hundred inhabitants Ionians island Ister Jupiter king Lacedæmonians lake land Libya Lydians manner marched Mardonius Medes Megabyzus mentioned Milesians Miletus Miltiades nations Nile opinion Pæonians passed Pelasgians Peloponnesus Periander Persians Phocians Phoenicians Pisistratus Polycrates possession Pythian reigned rest revolt river round sacred sacrifice sailed Salamis Samians Samos Sardis Scythians sent ships sians Smerdis Sparta spoke stades subdued taken temple territory Thebans thence thereupon things thousand tion took tyrant whole wife wished women Xerxes