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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... Croesus was a Lydian by birth , son of Alyattes , and sovereign of the nations on this side the river Halys . This river flowing from the south between the Syrians and Paphlagonians , empties itself northward into the Euxine Sea . This ...
... Croesus was a Lydian by birth , son of Alyattes , and sovereign of the nations on this side the river Halys . This river flowing from the south between the Syrians and Paphlagonians , empties itself northward into the Euxine Sea . This ...
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... Croesus all the Greeks were free ; for the incursion of the Cimmerians into Ionia , which was before the time of Croesus , was not for the purpose of subjecting states , but an irruption for plunder . 7. The government , which formerly ...
... Croesus all the Greeks were free ; for the incursion of the Cimmerians into Ionia , which was before the time of Croesus , was not for the purpose of subjecting states , but an irruption for plunder . 7. The government , which formerly ...
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... art of inlaying iron . 26. After the death of Alyattes , his son Croesus , who was then thirty - five years of age , succeeded to the kingdom . He attacked the Ephesians before any other Grecian people . 10 [ 25 , 26 . HERODOTUS .
... art of inlaying iron . 26. After the death of Alyattes , his son Croesus , who was then thirty - five years of age , succeeded to the kingdom . He attacked the Ephesians before any other Grecian people . 10 [ 25 , 26 . HERODOTUS .
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... Croesus inquired if he had any news from Greece : " O king , the Islanders are enlisting a large body of cavalry , with intention to make war upon you and Sardis . ' Croesus , think- ing he had spoken the truth , said , " May the gods ...
... Croesus inquired if he had any news from Greece : " O king , the Islanders are enlisting a large body of cavalry , with intention to make war upon you and Sardis . ' Croesus , think- ing he had spoken the truth , said , " May the gods ...
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... Croesus at Sardis . On his arrival he was hos- pitably entertained by Croesus , and on the third or fourth day , by order of the king , the attendants conducted him round the treasury , and showed him all their grand and costly contents ...
... Croesus at Sardis . On his arrival he was hos- pitably entertained by Croesus , and on the third or fourth day , by order of the king , the attendants conducted him round the treasury , and showed him all their grand and costly contents ...
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