The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... women of Herodotus are true womanly in English as in Greek . The tears of mortal things drip on our hearts in English as in Greek . The princes and the sages of Herodotean history hold language fitting their high estate , their far ...
... women of Herodotus are true womanly in English as in Greek . The tears of mortal things drip on our hearts in English as in Greek . The princes and the sages of Herodotean history hold language fitting their high estate , their far ...
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... women came down to the sea - shore , and among them the king's daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . 1 By barbarians the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from them- selves - all foreigners ...
... women came down to the sea - shore , and among them the king's daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . 1 By barbarians the Greeks meant all who were not sprung from them- selves - all foreigners ...
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... women escaped , but that fo , with some others , was seized ; and that they , having hurried them on board , set sail for Egypt . Thus the Persians say that Io went to Egypt , not agreeing herein with the Phoenicians ; and that this was ...
... women escaped , but that fo , with some others , was seized ; and that they , having hurried them on board , set sail for Egypt . Thus the Persians say that Io went to Egypt , not agreeing herein with the Phoenicians ; and that this was ...
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... women that were carried off ; but that the Greeks for the sake of a Lacedæmonian woman assembled a mighty fleet , and then having come to Asia overthrew the empire of Priam . That from this event they had always con- sidered the Greeks ...
... women that were carried off ; but that the Greeks for the sake of a Lacedæmonian woman assembled a mighty fleet , and then having come to Asia overthrew the empire of Priam . That from this event they had always con- sidered the Greeks ...
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... women . Now being of this opinion - Gyges , son of Dascylus , one of his body - guard , hap- pened to be his ... woman puts off her modesty . Wise maxims have been of old laid down by men ; from these it is our duty to learn : among them ...
... women . Now being of this opinion - Gyges , son of Dascylus , one of his body - guard , hap- pened to be his ... woman puts off her modesty . Wise maxims have been of old laid down by men ; from these it is our duty to learn : among them ...
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