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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... do so until they marry ; and they dispose of them- selves in marriage . This monument is six stades and two plethra in circumference , and in breadth thirteen plethra ; contiguous to it is a large lake , which the 42 [ 92 , 93 . HERODOTUS .
... do so until they marry ; and they dispose of them- selves in marriage . This monument is six stades and two plethra in circumference , and in breadth thirteen plethra ; contiguous to it is a large lake , which the 42 [ 92 , 93 . HERODOTUS .
Page 43
... lake , which the Lydians say is fed by perpetual springs , and it is called the Gygean lake . This may suffice for this subject . 94. The customs of the Lydians differ little from those of the Grecians , except that they prostitute ...
... lake , which the Lydians say is fed by perpetual springs , and it is called the Gygean lake . This may suffice for this subject . 94. The customs of the Lydians differ little from those of the Grecians , except that they prostitute ...
Page 47
... lake Mæotis to the river Phasis and to Colchis is a journey of thirty days to a well - girt man , but the route from Colchis to Media is not long , for there is only one nation , the Saspires , between them ; when one has passed over ...
... lake Mæotis to the river Phasis and to Colchis is a journey of thirty days to a well - girt man , but the route from Colchis to Media is not long , for there is only one nation , the Saspires , between them ; when one has passed over ...
Page 80
... lake , in order that the current , being broken by frequent turnings , might be more slow , and the navigation to Babylon tedious , and that after the voyage a long march round the lake might follow . All this was done in that part of ...
... lake , in order that the current , being broken by frequent turnings , might be more slow , and the navigation to Babylon tedious , and that after the voyage a long march round the lake might follow . All this was done in that part of ...
Page 81
... lake filled by the river , and the bridge was finished , she brought back the river to its an- cient channel from the lake . And thus , the excavation hav- ing been turned into a marsh , appeared to answer the purpose for which it was ...
... lake filled by the river , and the bridge was finished , she brought back the river to its an- cient channel from the lake . And thus , the excavation hav- ing been turned into a marsh , appeared to answer the purpose for which it was ...
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