Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General IndexHarper & Bros., 1855 - 613 pages |
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... fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness , he was the second son of his family that dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at Delphi ...
... fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness , he was the second son of his family that dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at Delphi ...
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... fifty . Yet in all this number of twenty - six thousand two hundred and fifty days , that compose these seventy years , one day produces nothing exactly the same as another . Thus , then , O Croesus , man is altogether the sport of ...
... fifty . Yet in all this number of twenty - six thousand two hundred and fifty days , that compose these seventy years , one day produces nothing exactly the same as another . Thus , then , O Croesus , man is altogether the sport of ...
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... fifty - three years , succeeded him in the kingdom ; but , having so succeed- ed , he was not content to rule over the Medes only , but , hav- ing made war on the Persians , he attacked them first , and re- duced them under the dominion ...
... fifty - three years , succeeded him in the kingdom ; but , having so succeed- ed , he was not content to rule over the Medes only , but , hav- ing made war on the Persians , he attacked them first , and re- duced them under the dominion ...
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... fifty - oared galleys , and not in merchant - ships.2 When they arrived at Tartessus they were kindly received by the king of the Tartessians , whose name was Arganthonius ; he reigned eighty years over Tartessus , and lived to the age ...
... fifty - oared galleys , and not in merchant - ships.2 When they arrived at Tartessus they were kindly received by the king of the Tartessians , whose name was Arganthonius ; he reigned eighty years over Tartessus , and lived to the age ...
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... fifty royal cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred ; but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth taken out of the moat was consumed , and ...
... fifty royal cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred ; but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth taken out of the moat was consumed , and ...
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