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" 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.... "
Herodotus - Page 483
by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pages
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The History of Herodotus, Volume 2

Herodotus - 1824 - 388 pages
...stay to arrogance and rashness, transported with indignation, he sent out the Medes and the Cissians, with orders to take them alive, and bring them into his presence. When the Medes rushed upon the Greeks with great impetuosity, many of them fell ; to these others succeeded, and though...
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The History of Herodotus, literally tr. by a graduate of the ..., Volume 2

Herodotus - 1824 - 366 pages
...stay to arrogance and rashness, transported with indignation, he sent out the Medes and the Cissians, with orders to take them alive, and bring them into his presence. When the Medes rushed upon the Greeks with great impetuosity, many of them fell ; to these others succeeded, and though...
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The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Volume 4

Herodotus - 1860 - 588 pages
...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...
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The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Issue 1, Volume 4

Herodotus - 1860 - 586 pages
...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...
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The History of Herodotus. A new Engl. version, ed. with notes by G ..., Volume 4

Herodotus - 1875 - 588 pages
...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...
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A History of Greek Literature, Volume 36

Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1890 - 938 pages
...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...
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Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a ...

Herodotus - 1892 - 630 pages
...retreated, but appeared to him to stay through arrogance and rashness, he, being enraged, sent the Medes and Cissians against them, with orders to take them...made it evident to every one, and not least of all to Ihe king himself, that they were indeed many men, but few soldiers. The engagement lasted through the...
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History of Greece, and of the Greek People, from the ..., Volume 2, Part 2

Victor Duruy - 1892 - 396 pages
...TTTKRMOPYLAr. force at Thermopylai showed no intention of retreating, Xerxes sent a body of Median troops with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. The Medes attacked, but were repulsed with great loss ; others followed to the charge, and also lost...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 3

Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...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...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 3

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 pages
...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...
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