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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... mention in a trimeter Iambic poem . 13. Thus Gyges obtained the kingdom , and was confirmed in it by the oracle at Delphi . For when the Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the ...
... mention in a trimeter Iambic poem . 13. Thus Gyges obtained the kingdom , and was confirmed in it by the oracle at Delphi . For when the Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the ...
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... mention of him . 15. I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor of Gyges . He took Priene , and invaded Miletus . During the time that he reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian ...
... mention of him . 15. I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor of Gyges . He took Priene , and invaded Miletus . During the time that he reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian ...
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... mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ioni- ans , except the Chians , assisted the Milesians in bearing the burden of this war : they did it in requital for succor they had received ...
... mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ioni- ans , except the Chians , assisted the Milesians in bearing the burden of this war : they did it in requital for succor they had received ...
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... mentioned by none ; but no sooner had the Lydians entered the temple of Delphi to consult the god , and asked the ques- tion enjoined them , than the Pythian thus spoke in hexame- ter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the ...
... mentioned by none ; but no sooner had the Lydians entered the temple of Delphi to consult the god , and asked the ques- tion enjoined them , than the Pythian thus spoke in hexame- ter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the ...
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... mentioned , we meet with another in the time of Darius ( V. 118 ) , and a third in the time of Xerxes ( VII . 98 ) . 8 The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . 9 See ch . 121--130 . doubt how his army should ...
... mentioned , we meet with another in the time of Darius ( V. 118 ) , and a third in the time of Xerxes ( VII . 98 ) . 8 The same , says Prideaux , with the Nebuchadnezzar of Scripture . 9 See ch . 121--130 . doubt how his army should ...
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