Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a Geographical and General IndexHarper, 1892 - 613 pages |
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... speak of my wife's beauty ( for the ears of men are naturally more incredulous than their eyes ) , you must con- trive to see her naked . " But he , exclaiming loudly , answer- ed , " Sire , what a shocking proposal do you make ...
... speak of my wife's beauty ( for the ears of men are naturally more incredulous than their eyes ) , you must con- trive to see her naked . " But he , exclaiming loudly , answer- ed , " Sire , what a shocking proposal do you make ...
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... speaking thus , nor of my wife , lest any harm should befall you from her . For from the outset I will so contrive that she shall not know she has been seen by you . I will place you behind the open door of the apartment in which we ...
... speaking thus , nor of my wife , lest any harm should befall you from her . For from the outset I will so contrive that she shall not know she has been seen by you . I will place you behind the open door of the apartment in which we ...
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... speak to the purpose ) , he put a stop to the ship - building , and made an alliance with the Ionians that inhabit the islands . 28. In course of time , when nearly all the nations that dwell within the river Halys , except the ...
... speak to the purpose ) , he put a stop to the ship - building , and made an alliance with the Ionians that inhabit the islands . 28. In course of time , when nearly all the nations that dwell within the river Halys , except the ...
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... speak- ing the truth freely , without any flattery , answered , " Tellus the Athenian . " Croesus , astonished at his answer , eagerly asked him , " On what account do you deem Tellus the hap- piest ? " He replied , " Tellus , in the ...
... speak- ing the truth freely , without any flattery , answered , " Tellus the Athenian . " Croesus , astonished at his answer , eagerly asked him , " On what account do you deem Tellus the hap- piest ? " He replied , " Tellus , in the ...
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... speaking to him as follows : " Stranger , who art thou , and from what part of Phrygia hast thou come as a suppliant to my hearth ? and what man or woman hast thou slain ? " The stranger answered , Sire , I am the son of Gordius , son ...
... speaking to him as follows : " Stranger , who art thou , and from what part of Phrygia hast thou come as a suppliant to my hearth ? and what man or woman hast thou slain ? " The stranger answered , Sire , I am the son of Gordius , son ...
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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 250 - Hercules into the northern sea,7 and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians accordingly, setting out from the Red Sea, navigated the southern sea ; when autumn came, they went ashore, and sowed the land, by whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passEd, in the third, having doubled the pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not seem credible, but may to...
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Page 87 - Hut when she has had intercourse and has absolved herself from her obligation to the goddess, she returns home ; and after that time, however great a sum you may give her, you will not gain possession of her.
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Page 121 - ... night-air and the dew. Of all known animals this is the one which from the smallest size grows to be the greatest : for the egg of the crocodile is but little bigger than that of the goose, and the young crocodile is in proportion to the egg ; yet when it is full grown, the animal measures frequently seventeen cubits and even more.