The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... mention , but then he makes scant mention of Phoenicia . That he never reached Elephantine is supposed to be proved by his calling Elephantine a city and not an island ; but it was both then , as Rhodes became both afterward . Cyrene he ...
... mention , but then he makes scant mention of Phoenicia . That he never reached Elephantine is supposed to be proved by his calling Elephantine a city and not an island ; but it was both then , as Rhodes became both afterward . Cyrene he ...
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... mention of him . I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor of Gyges . He took Priene , and invaded Miletus . During the time that he reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomads ...
... mention of him . I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor of Gyges . He took Priene , and invaded Miletus . During the time that he reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomads ...
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... mention : he continued the war which his father had begun against the Milesians , and leading his army against Miletus ... mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied him- self to it . None of the Ionians , except the ...
... mention : he continued the war which his father had begun against the Milesians , and leading his army against Miletus ... mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied him- self to it . None of the Ionians , except the ...
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... mentioned by none ; but no sooner had the Lydians entered the Temple of Delphi to consult the god , and ask the question enjoined them , than the Pythian answered in hexameter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the measure ...
... mentioned by none ; but no sooner had the Lydians entered the Temple of Delphi to consult the god , and ask the question enjoined them , than the Pythian answered in hexameter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the measure ...
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... mentioned , we meet with another in the time of Darius , and a third in the time of Xerxes . ' The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . encamped and ravaged the lands of the Syrians , and 74-76 ] 29 CROESUS ...
... mentioned , we meet with another in the time of Darius , and a third in the time of Xerxes . ' The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . encamped and ravaged the lands of the Syrians , and 74-76 ] 29 CROESUS ...
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