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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... give any to them . 3. They say , too , that in the second generation after this , Alexander , the son of Priam , having heard of these events , was desirous of obtaining a wife from Greece by means of violence , being fully per- suaded ...
... give any to them . 3. They say , too , that in the second generation after this , Alexander , the son of Priam , having heard of these events , was desirous of obtaining a wife from Greece by means of violence , being fully per- suaded ...
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... give twenty - five thousand two hundred days , without including the intercalary month ; and if we add that month to every other year , in * If the first number 25,200 is correct , it follows that the year was 360 days ; if the number ...
... give twenty - five thousand two hundred days , without including the intercalary month ; and if we add that month to every other year , in * If the first number 25,200 is correct , it follows that the year was 360 days ; if the number ...
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... 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 , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money ...
... 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 , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money ...
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... give his daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyaxares ; for with- out strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts observe the same cere- monies as the Greeks ; and ...
... give his daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyaxares ; for with- out strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts observe the same cere- monies as the Greeks ; and ...
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... give the follow- ing account . During the reign of Atys , son of Manes , king of Lydia , a great scarcity of corn pervaded all Lydia : for some time the Lydians supported it with constancy ; but when they saw the evil still continuing ...
... give the follow- ing account . During the reign of Atys , son of Manes , king of Lydia , a great scarcity of corn pervaded all Lydia : for some time the Lydians supported it with constancy ; but when they saw the evil still continuing ...
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