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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... Egypt . 2. Thus the Persians say that Io went to Egypt , not agreeing herein with the Phoenicians ; and that this was the beginning of wrongs . After this , that certain Grecians ( for they are unable to tell their name ) , having touch ...
... Egypt . 2. Thus the Persians say that Io went to Egypt , not agreeing herein with the Phoenicians ; and that this was the beginning of wrongs . After this , that certain Grecians ( for they are unable to tell their name ) , having touch ...
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... Egypt ; but that she had connection at Argos with the master of a vessel , and when she found herself pregnant , she , through dread of her parents , voluntarily sailed away with the Phoenicians , to avoid detec- tion . Such then are ...
... Egypt ; but that she had connection at Argos with the master of a vessel , and when she found herself pregnant , she , through dread of her parents , voluntarily sailed away with the Phoenicians , to avoid detec- tion . Such then are ...
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... Egypt , before he had with the Lacedæmonians ; and to send for the Babylonians ( for he had made an alliance with them also , and Labynetus at this time reigned over the Babylonians ) , and to require the presence of the Lacedæmonians ...
... Egypt , before he had with the Lacedæmonians ; and to send for the Babylonians ( for he had made an alliance with them also , and Labynetus at this time reigned over the Babylonians ) , and to require the presence of the Lacedæmonians ...
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... Egypt , and when they reached Palestine in Syria , Psammitichus , king of Egypt , having met them with pres- ents and prayers , diverted them from advancing farther . In their return , however , they came to Ascalon , a city of Syria ...
... Egypt , and when they reached Palestine in Syria , Psammitichus , king of Egypt , having met them with pres- ents and prayers , diverted them from advancing farther . In their return , however , they came to Ascalon , a city of Syria ...
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... Egypt , by the river overflowing the fields , but it is irrigated by the hand and by engines . For the Babylonian territory , like Egypt , is intersected by canals , and the largest of these is navigable , stretching in the direction of ...
... Egypt , by the river overflowing the fields , but it is irrigated by the hand and by engines . For the Babylonian territory , like Egypt , is intersected by canals , and the largest of these is navigable , stretching in the direction of ...
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