The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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Page v
... seen the capital of Lydia . His voyage along the northern coast of Asia Minor seems to have extended to the mouth of the Phasis , but there is no cogent evidence of his personal knowledge of Scythia , and it has been suggested that he ...
... seen the capital of Lydia . His voyage along the northern coast of Asia Minor seems to have extended to the mouth of the Phasis , but there is no cogent evidence of his personal knowledge of Scythia , and it has been suggested that he ...
Page viii
... seen , a close unity , and there is a seductive theory that this last part in the order of time was the first part in the order of composition , and that the history of the second Persian war was a monograph , to which the other parts ...
... seen , a close unity , and there is a seductive theory that this last part in the order of time was the first part in the order of composition , and that the history of the second Persian war was a monograph , to which the other parts ...
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... seen by you . I will place you behind the open door of the apartment in which we sleep ; as soon as I enter my wife will come to bed ; by the entrance stands a chair ; on this she will lay her garments one by one as she takes them off ...
... seen by you . I will place you behind the open door of the apartment in which we sleep ; as soon as I enter my wife will come to bed ; by the entrance stands a chair ; on this she will lay her garments one by one as she takes them off ...
Page 5
... seen naked . At the time , therefore , having shown no consciousness of what had occurred , she held her peace , and as soon as it was day , having prepared such of her domestics as she knew were most to be trusted , she sent for Gyges ...
... seen naked . At the time , therefore , having shown no consciousness of what had occurred , she held her peace , and as soon as it was day , having prepared such of her domestics as she knew were most to be trusted , she sent for Gyges ...
Page 8
... seen these things , and delivered to Thrasybulus the message of the Lydian king , he returned to Sardis ; and , as I am informed , a reconciliation was brought about for no other reason . For Alyattes expecting that there was a great ...
... seen these things , and delivered to Thrasybulus the message of the Lydian king , he returned to Sardis ; and , as I am informed , a reconciliation was brought about for no other reason . For Alyattes expecting that there was a great ...
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