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 483by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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