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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... expedition , they carried off the king's daughter Medea ; and that the king of Colchis , having dispatched a herald to Greece , demanded satisfaction for the rape , and the restitution of the princess ; but the Greeks replied , that as ...
... expedition , they carried off the king's daughter Medea ; and that the king of Colchis , having dispatched a herald to Greece , demanded satisfaction for the rape , and the restitution of the princess ; but the Greeks replied , that as ...
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... expedition ; taking care to preserve you , if by any means I can , as long as I live ; for you are my only son ; the other , who is deprived of his hearing , I consider as lost . " 39. The youth answered , " You are not to blame , my ...
... expedition ; taking care to preserve you , if by any means I can , as long as I live ; for you are my only son ; the other , who is deprived of his hearing , I consider as lost . " 39. The youth answered , " You are not to blame , my ...
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... expedition against Megara by taking Nisæa , and dis- playing other illustrious deeds . The people of Athens , being deceived by this , gave him such of the citizens as he selected , who were not to be his javelin men , but club ...
... expedition against Megara by taking Nisæa , and dis- playing other illustrious deeds . The people of Athens , being deceived by this , gave him such of the citizens as he selected , who were not to be his javelin men , but club ...
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... expedition against the Persians , a certain Lydian , who before that time was esteemed a wise man , and on this occasion acquired a very great name in Lydia , gave him advice in these words ( the name of this person was Sandanis ) : " O ...
... expedition against the Persians , a certain Lydian , who before that time was esteemed a wise man , and on this occasion acquired a very great name in Lydia , gave him advice in these words ( the name of this person was Sandanis ) : " O ...
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... expedition on Sardis , before the forces of the Lydians could be a second time assembled ; and when he had thus determ- ined , he put his plan into practice with all possible expedi- tion ; for having marched his army into Lydia , he ...
... expedition on Sardis , before the forces of the Lydians could be a second time assembled ; and when he had thus determ- ined , he put his plan into practice with all possible expedi- tion ; for having marched his army into Lydia , he ...
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