The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... remain inactive , but go to different places where they are sent by the Spartan commonwealth . Lichas , who was one of these persons , discovered it in Tegea , both meeting with good fortune and employing sagacity . For as the ...
... remain inactive , but go to different places where they are sent by the Spartan commonwealth . Lichas , who was one of these persons , discovered it in Tegea , both meeting with good fortune and employing sagacity . For as the ...
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... remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts ob- serve the same ceremonies as the Greeks , and in addition , when they have cut their arms to the outer skin , they lick up one another's blood . Cyrus had subdued this same ...
... remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts ob- serve the same ceremonies as the Greeks , and in addition , when they have cut their arms to the outer skin , they lick up one another's blood . Cyrus had subdued this same ...
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... remain while the engagement was going on , lest , if the armies were present , either side , seeing their countrymen in distress , should come to their assistance . Having agreed to these terms , the armies withdrew , and the picked men ...
... remain while the engagement was going on , lest , if the armies were present , either side , seeing their countrymen in distress , should come to their assistance . Having agreed to these terms , the armies withdrew , and the picked men ...
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... remain and which quit the country , and over that part whose lot it should be to stay he appointed himself king ; and over that part which was to emigrate he appointed his own son , whose name was Tyrrhenus . Those to whose lot it fell ...
... remain and which quit the country , and over that part whose lot it should be to stay he appointed himself king ; and over that part which was to emigrate he appointed his own son , whose name was Tyrrhenus . Those to whose lot it fell ...
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... remains for me but the greatest danger ? It is neces- sary , however , for my safety that the child should die , but as necessary that one of Astyages's people should be the execu- tioner , and not one of mine . " Thus he spoke , and ...
... remains for me but the greatest danger ? It is neces- sary , however , for my safety that the child should die , but as necessary that one of Astyages's people should be the execu- tioner , and not one of mine . " Thus he spoke , and ...
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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