 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...contrived it thus : having begun above the camp, he dug a deep trench, in the shape of a half-moon, so that the river, being turned into this from its...the rear of the camp pitched where it then was, and afterwards, baving passed by the camp, might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...contrived it thus : having begun above the camp, he dug a deep trench, in the shape of a half-moon, so that the river, being turned into this from its...the rear of the camp pitched where it then was, and afterwards, having passed by the camp, might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...opinion of the Grecians is, that Thales the Milesian procured him a passage ; for, while Croesus was in doubt how his army should pass over the river (for...channel of the river was entirely dried up : but this I cannot assent to ; for how then could they have crossed it on their return ? However, Croesus, having... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 560 pages
...trench, in the shape of a half-moon, so that the river, being turned into this from its old HERODOTUS channel, might pass in the rear of the camp pitched...channel of the river was entirely dried up : but this I cannot assent to ; for how then could they have crossed it on their return ? However, Croesus, having... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 pages
...contrived it thus : having begun above the camp, ho dug a deep trench, in the shape of a half-moon, so that the river, being turned into this from its...into its former course ; so that as soon as the river wae divided into two streams, it became fordable in both. Some say that the ancient channel of the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...contrived it thus : having hegun above the camp, he dug a deep trench, in the shape of a half-moon, so that the river, being turned into this from its...the rear of the camp pitched where it then was, and afterwards, having passed by the camp, might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...opinion of the Grecians is, that Thales the Milesian procured him a passage ; for, while Croesus was in doubt how his army should pass over the river (for...channel of the river was entirely dried up : but this I cannot assent to ; for how then could they have crossed it on their return ? However, Croesus, having... | |
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... so that the river, being turned into this from its old channel, might pass in the rear of the camp pitched where it then was, and afterward, having passed by the camp, might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river was divided into... 