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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... gold ; and among the rest , what is especially worthy of mention , the bowls of gold , six in number , were dedicated by him : these now stand in the 9 Archilochus was one of the earliest writers of Iambics . All that remains of his is ...
... gold ; and among the rest , what is especially worthy of mention , the bowls of gold , six in number , were dedicated by him : these now stand in the 9 Archilochus was one of the earliest writers of Iambics . All that remains of his is ...
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... gold and silver , which Gyges dedicated , is by the Delphians called Gygian , from the name of the donor . Now this prince , when he obtained the sover- eignty , led an army against Miletus and Smyrna , and took the city of Colophon ...
... gold and silver , which Gyges dedicated , is by the Delphians called Gygian , from the name of the donor . Now this prince , when he obtained the sover- eignty , led an army against Miletus and Smyrna , and took the city of Colophon ...
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... gold and silver , vials of gold , and robes of purple and garments , hoping by that means more completely to conciliate the god ; he also ordered all the Lydians to offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended ...
... gold and silver , vials of gold , and robes of purple and garments , hoping by that means more completely to conciliate the god ; he also ordered all the Lydians to offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended ...
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... gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and these are at Thebes , in the temple of Ismenian Apollo . 53. To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in ...
... gold , and a lance of solid gold , the shaft as well as the points being of gold ; and these are at Thebes , in the temple of Ismenian Apollo . 53. To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in ...
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... ; for when the Lacedæmonians sent to Sardis to purchase gold , wishing to use it in erecting the statue of Apollo that now stands at Thornax in Laconia , Croesus gave it as a present to them when they were desirous 69. ] 29 CLIO .
... ; for when the Lacedæmonians sent to Sardis to purchase gold , wishing to use it in erecting the statue of Apollo that now stands at Thornax in Laconia , Croesus gave it as a present to them when they were desirous 69. ] 29 CLIO .
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