The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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Page iv
... means investigation , and the information sought had often to be gathered on the spot . Attempts have been made to trace the travels of Herodo- tus in his work , not always with signal success . Continental Greece he knew , Athens ...
... means investigation , and the information sought had often to be gathered on the spot . Attempts have been made to trace the travels of Herodo- tus in his work , not always with signal success . Continental Greece he knew , Athens ...
Page x
... means investi- gation ; and poetry is inspiration , not investigation , and the beginnings of prose presaged the death of the epos . The earliest writers of prose were called logographers , ( λoyoypádo or λoyoπocol ) , " writers of ...
... means investi- gation ; and poetry is inspiration , not investigation , and the beginnings of prose presaged the death of the epos . The earliest writers of prose were called logographers , ( λoyoypádo or λoyoπocol ) , " writers of ...
Page xi
... means everything . Men had explored before , had criticised before , but the exploration and the criticism had spent themselves on details . The vision of the whole had been denied , the redintegration of the epic breadth , the ...
... means everything . Men had explored before , had criticised before , but the exploration and the criticism had spent themselves on details . The vision of the whole had been denied , the redintegration of the epic breadth , the ...
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... means of violence , being fully persuaded that he should not have to give satisfaction , for that the Greeks had not done so . When therefore he had carried off Helen , they say that the Greeks immediately sent messengers to demand her ...
... means of violence , being fully persuaded that he should not have to give satisfaction , for that the Greeks had not done so . When therefore he had carried off Helen , they say that the Greeks immediately sent messengers to demand her ...
Page 15
... means I can , as long as I live , for you are my only son ; the other , who is deprived of his hearing , I consider as lost . " The youth answered : You are not to blame , my father , if after such a dream you take so much care of me ...
... means I can , as long as I live , for you are my only son ; the other , who is deprived of his hearing , I consider as lost . " The youth answered : You are not to blame , my father , if after such a dream you take so much care of me ...
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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