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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... Thebans surpassed the rest in liberality . At length ( not to give a detailed account ) time passed , and every thing was ready for their return , for Argive mercenaries arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis ...
... Thebans surpassed the rest in liberality . At length ( not to give a detailed account ) time passed , and every thing was ready for their return , for Argive mercenaries arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis ...
Page 111
... Thebans , and such as abstain from sheep after their example , say that this custom was established among them in the following way : that Hercules was very desirous of seeing Jupiter , but Ju- piter was unwilling to be seen by him ; at ...
... Thebans , and such as abstain from sheep after their example , say that this custom was established among them in the following way : that Hercules was very desirous of seeing Jupiter , but Ju- piter was unwilling to be seen by him ; at ...
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... fell at Egyptian Thebes , which had never happened before , nor since , to my time , as the Thebans themselves affirm ; for no built.1 1 See Book II . chap . 169 . rain ever falls in the upper regions of Egypt ; 9 , 10. ] 173 THALIA . III .
... fell at Egyptian Thebes , which had never happened before , nor since , to my time , as the Thebans themselves affirm ; for no built.1 1 See Book II . chap . 169 . rain ever falls in the upper regions of Egypt ; 9 , 10. ] 173 THALIA . III .
Page 331
... Thebans as- sented . Clisthenes , therefore , having introduced Melanippus , appointed him a precinct in the very prytaneum , and placed it there in the strongest position . But Clisthenes introduced Melanippus , for it is necessary to ...
... Thebans as- sented . Clisthenes , therefore , having introduced Melanippus , appointed him a precinct in the very prytaneum , and placed it there in the strongest position . But Clisthenes introduced Melanippus , for it is necessary to ...
Page 336
... Thebans sent to the god , wishing to re- venge themselves on the Athenians ; but the Pythian said " that they would not obtain vengeance by their own power , but bade them refer the matter to the many - voiced people , and ask the ...
... Thebans sent to the god , wishing to re- venge themselves on the Athenians ; but the Pythian said " that they would not obtain vengeance by their own power , but bade them refer the matter to the many - voiced people , and ask the ...
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