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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... means of violence , being fully per- suaded that he should not have to give satisfaction , for that the Greeks had not done so . When , therefore , he had carried off Helen , they say that the Greeks immediately sent mes- sengers to ...
... means of violence , being fully per- suaded that he should not have to give satisfaction , for that the Greeks had not done so . When , therefore , he had carried off Helen , they say that the Greeks immediately sent mes- sengers to ...
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... 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 , having melted down a vast quantity of gold , he cast half - bricks from it ; of ...
... 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 , having melted down a vast quantity of gold , he cast half - bricks from it ; of ...
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... means of messengers , and that none should be per- mitted to see him ; and , moreover , that it should be accounted 2 For the Scripture account of Ecbatana , see Judith i . 1—4 . 1.26 indecency for any to laugh or spit before him 98 ...
... means of messengers , and that none should be per- mitted to see him ; and , moreover , that it should be accounted 2 For the Scripture account of Ecbatana , see Judith i . 1—4 . 1.26 indecency for any to laugh or spit before him 98 ...
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... means entered the territories of the Medes . 104. The distance from the 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 ...
... means entered the territories of the Medes . 104. The distance from the 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 ...
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... means , what else remains for me but the greatest danger ? It is necessary , however , for my safety , that the child should die , but as necessary that one of Astyages's people should be the executioner , and not one of mine . " 110 ...
... means , what else remains for me but the greatest danger ? It is necessary , however , for my safety , that the child should die , but as necessary that one of Astyages's people should be the executioner , and not one of mine . " 110 ...
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