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" When he was seated there, looking down towards the shore, he beheld both the land army and the fleet ; and when he beheld them, he desired to see a contest take place between the ships ; and when it had taken place, and the Sidonian Phoenicians were victorious,... "
Herodotus - Page 428
by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 224

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1915 - 632 pages
...Abydos, and called for a sham fight between the ships. 'And seeing all the Hellespont covered with the ships, and all the shores and the plains of Abydos full of men, Xerxes pronounced himself a happy man, and after that he fell to weeping, saying in answer to Artabanos' question,...
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Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a ...

Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...made it, in obedience to a previous order of the king. When he was seated there, looking down toward the shore, he beheld both the land army and the fleet...men, Xerxes thereupon pronounced himself happy, but afterward shed tears. 46. Artabanus, his paternal uncle, having observed him, the same who had before...
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Herodotus: Literally Translated from the Text of Baehr : with a Geographical ...

Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...of Rhoetium, and Ophrynium, and Dardanus, which borders on Abydos ; and on the right the GergithiB Teucrians. 44. When they were at Abydos, Xerxes wished...having perceived Xerxes shedding tears, addressed him _thus : " O king, how very different from each other are what you are now doing, and what you did a...
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The Histories of Herodotus, Volume 2

Herodotus - 1885 - 272 pages
...victorious. Exceedingly gratified he was, both with the contest and the army. But while he was viewing the whole Hellespont covered by the ships, and all the shores and the plains of Abydos full of men, he suddenly burst into tears. Artabanus, his paternal uncle, observed him and exclaimed : " O king,...
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History of Greece, and of the Greek People, from the ..., Volume 2, Part 2

Victor Duruy - 1892 - 396 pages
...Plioenicians were victorious, he showed himself extremely gratified both with the contest and the army. When he saw the whole Hellespont covered by the ships,...pronounced himself happy, but afterwards shed tears. Artabanos, his father's brother, having observed him, — the same who had freely declared his opinion...
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The Histories of Herodotus

Herodotus - 1899 - 626 pages
...exceedingly gratified both with the contest and the army. When he saw the whole Hellespont covered with the ships, and all the shores and the plains of Abydos...men, Xerxes thereupon pronounced himself happy; but afterward shed tears. Artabanus, his paternal uncle, having observed him, the same who had before freely...
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Irving's Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1901 - 536 pages
...defeated at the Battle of Salamis, BC 480. Herodotus says that when Xerxes saw all his forces before him " the whole Hellespont covered by the ships, and all the shores and plain of Abydos full of men, he wept. When asked the reason, he replied : ' Commiseration seized me...
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Sketch Book

Washington Irving - 1901 - 538 pages
...defeated at the Battle of Salamis, BC 480. Herodotus says that when Xerxes saw all his forces before him " the whole Hellespont covered by the ships, and all the shores and plain of Abydos full of men, he wept. When asked the reason, he replied: ' Commiseration seized me...
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The History of Herodotus, Volume 1

Herodotus - 1904 - 472 pages
...both with the contest and with the whole armament. 45. And seeing all the Hellespont covered over with the ships, and all the shores and the plains of Abydos full of men, then Xerxesf pronounced himself a happy man, and after that he fell to weeping. 46. Artabanos his uncle...
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The Father of History: An Account of Herodotus

Denton Jaques Snider - 1907 - 598 pages
...Orient and to pass into Europe. But first he takes a survey of his forces (44) on both sea and land. " And when he saw the whole Hellespont covered by the ships and all the shores and plains of Abydus full of men, Xerxes thereupon pronounced himself happy, but afterward shed tears."...
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