The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hun- dred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . This Candaules was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought that she ...
... reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hun- dred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . This Candaules was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought that she ...
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... reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomads , passed into Asia , and possessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son Sady- attes ...
... reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomads , passed into Asia , and possessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son Sady- attes ...
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... reigned fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness he was the second of his family that dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at ...
... reigned fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness he was the second of his family that dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at ...
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... reigned over the Babylonians ) , and to require the presence of the Lacedæmonians at a fixed time : having collected these to- gether , and assembled his own army , he purposed , when win- ter was over , to attack the Persians in the ...
... reigned over the Babylonians ) , and to require the presence of the Lacedæmonians at a fixed time : having collected these to- gether , and assembled his own army , he purposed , when win- ter was over , to attack the Persians in the ...
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... reigned fourteen years , being besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , conducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon it ...
... reigned fourteen years , being besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , conducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon it ...
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