The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... wife from Greece by 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 ...
... wife from Greece by 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 ...
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... wife in exaggerated terms . In lapse of time ( for Candaules was fated to be miserable ) he addressed Gyges as follows : " Gyges , as I think you do not believe me when I speak of my wife's beauty ( for the ears of men are naturally ...
... wife in exaggerated terms . In lapse of time ( for Candaules was fated to be miserable ) he addressed Gyges as follows : " Gyges , as I think you do not believe me when I speak of my wife's beauty ( for the ears of men are naturally ...
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... Atys by a wound inflicted by the point of an iron weapon ; he , when he awoke , and had considered the matter with him- self , dreading the dream , provided a wife for his son ; and though he was accustomed to command the Lydian troops ,
... Atys by a wound inflicted by the point of an iron weapon ; he , when he awoke , and had considered the matter with him- self , dreading the dream , provided a wife for his son ; and though he was accustomed to command the Lydian troops ,
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... wife ? What kind of man will she think she has for a partner ? Either suffer me then to go to this hunt , or con- vince me that it is better for me to do as you would have me . ' " My son , " answered Croesus , " I act thus , not ...
... wife ? What kind of man will she think she has for a partner ? Either suffer me then to go to this hunt , or con- vince me that it is better for me to do as you would have me . ' " My son , " answered Croesus , " I act thus , not ...
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... wife . These were the offerings he sent to Delphi ; and to Am- phiaraus , having ascertained his virtue and sufferings , he dedicated a shield all of gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and ...
... wife . These were the offerings he sent to Delphi ; and to Am- phiaraus , having ascertained his virtue and sufferings , he dedicated a shield all of gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and ...
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