Herodotus, Book 7George Bell & Sons, 1901 - 613 pages |
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... isthmus of that whole country as to the length of the journey , it takes five days for a well - girt man . " 73. Croesus invaded Cappadocia for the following rea sons ; as well from a desire of adding it to his own domi- nions , as ...
... isthmus of that whole country as to the length of the journey , it takes five days for a well - girt man . " 73. Croesus invaded Cappadocia for the following rea sons ; as well from a desire of adding it to his own domi- nions , as ...
Page 76
... isthmus ; and where the Cnidian territory terminates towards the continent , there is the isthmus that they designed to dig through . But as they were carrying on the work with great diligence , the workmen appeared to be wounded to a ...
... isthmus ; and where the Cnidian territory terminates towards the continent , there is the isthmus that they designed to dig through . But as they were carrying on the work with great diligence , the workmen appeared to be wounded to a ...
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... isthmus is thirty - six stades ; and from this isthmus the whole Chersonese inwards , is four hundred and twenty stades in length . 37. Miltiades , then , having built a wall across the neck of the Chersonese , and by that means ...
... isthmus is thirty - six stades ; and from this isthmus the whole Chersonese inwards , is four hundred and twenty stades in length . 37. Miltiades , then , having built a wall across the neck of the Chersonese , and by that means ...
Page 420
... isthmus of about twelve stades : this is a plain with hills of no great height from the sea of the Acanthians to the sea which is opposite Torone . On this isthmus , in which Mount Athos terminates , stands Sana , a Grecian city ; but ...
... isthmus of about twelve stades : this is a plain with hills of no great height from the sea of the Acanthians to the sea which is opposite Torone . On this isthmus , in which Mount Athos terminates , stands Sana , a Grecian city ; but ...
Page 421
... isthmus , he commanded them to dig a channel for the sea of such a width that two triremes might pass through rowed abreast . And the same persons , to whom the excavation was committed , were ordered also to throw a bridge over the ...
... isthmus , he commanded them to dig a channel for the sea of such a width that two triremes might pass through rowed abreast . And the same persons , to whom the excavation was committed , were ordered also to throw a bridge over the ...
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Page 483 - When, however, he found on the fifth that they were not gone, thinking that their firm stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers; others, however, took the places of the slain and would not be beaten off, though they suffered terrible losses. In this way it became clear to all, and especially to...
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Page 489 - Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the illustrious Megistias, whom once the Medes, having passed the river Sperchius, slew ; a prophet who, at the time well knowing the impending fate, would not abandon the Jeaders of Sparta.
Page 176 - Son of Cyrus, the calamities of my family are too great to leave me the power of weeping : but the misfortunes of a companion, reduced in his old age to want of bread, is a fit subject for lamentation.
Page 148 - ... up of Ethiopian stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis was, for they would not else have attributed to her the building such a pyramid, on which, so to speak, numberless thousands of talents were expended ; besides, Rhodopis flourished in the reign of Amasis, and not at this time ; for she was very many years later than those kings who left these pyramids.
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