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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... horse . " The other answering said , " Sire , you ap- pear to wish above all things to see the Islanders on horse- back upon the continent ; and not without reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after ...
... horse . " The other answering said , " Sire , you ap- pear to wish above all things to see the Islanders on horse- back upon the continent ; and not without reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after ...
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... horses , forsaking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Croesus be- held this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy , and sent immediately to consult the interpreters at Telmessus ; but the messengers having ...
... horses , forsaking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Croesus be- held this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy , and sent immediately to consult the interpreters at Telmessus ; but the messengers having ...
Page 35
... horses no sooner smelt the camels and saw them , than they wheeled round , and the hopes of Croesus were destroyed . Nevertheless , the Lydians were not therefore discouraged , but when they perceived what had happened , leaped from ...
... horses no sooner smelt the camels and saw them , than they wheeled round , and the hopes of Croesus were destroyed . Nevertheless , the Lydians were not therefore discouraged , but when they perceived what had happened , leaped from ...
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... on the top of the wall , at the edges , they built dwellings of one story , front- ing each other , and they left a space between these dwellings sufficient for turning a chariot with four horses . In ' 177-179 . ] 77 CLIO . I.
... on the top of the wall , at the edges , they built dwellings of one story , front- ing each other , and they left a space between these dwellings sufficient for turning a chariot with four horses . In ' 177-179 . ] 77 CLIO . I.
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... horses . In the cir- cumference of the wall there were a hundred gates , all of brass , as also are the posts and lintels . Eight days ' journey from Babylon stands another city , called Is , on a small river of the same name , which ...
... horses . In the cir- cumference of the wall there were a hundred gates , all of brass , as also are the posts and lintels . Eight days ' journey from Babylon stands another city , called Is , on a small river of the same name , which ...
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