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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... present volume . It will be sufficient to inform the student in what re- spect the present translation professes to differ from those which have preceded it . Five have , at intervals , made their appearance . The first was that by ...
... present volume . It will be sufficient to inform the student in what re- spect the present translation professes to differ from those which have preceded it . Five have , at intervals , made their appearance . The first was that by ...
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... present translator hope to be free from some defect , equal perhaps in extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors . His object , how- ever , has been to keep as closely to the sense of his au- thor as the idioms of the ...
... present translator hope to be free from some defect , equal perhaps in extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors . His object , how- ever , has been to keep as closely to the sense of his au- thor as the idioms of the ...
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... present translator hope to be free from some defect , equal perhaps in extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors . His object , how- ever , has been to keep as closely to the sense of his au- thor as the idioms of the ...
... present translator hope to be free from some defect , equal perhaps in extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors . His object , how- ever , has been to keep as closely to the sense of his au- thor as the idioms of the ...
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... present prosperity , and bade men look to the end of every thing . 34. After the departure of Solon , the indignation of the gods fell heavy upon Croesus , probably because he thought himself the most happy of all men . A dream soon ...
... present prosperity , and bade men look to the end of every thing . 34. After the departure of Solon , the indignation of the gods fell heavy upon Croesus , probably because he thought himself the most happy of all men . A dream soon ...
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... presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in charge to inquire of the oracles whether he should make war on the Persians , and if he should unite any other nation as an ally . Accordingly , when the Lydians arrived at the places to ...
... presents to the temples , Croesus gave it in charge to inquire of the oracles whether he should make war on the Persians , and if he should unite any other nation as an ally . Accordingly , when the Lydians arrived at the places to ...
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accordingly Ægina Æginetæ afterward Amasis answered Argives Aristagoras Ariston army arrived Asia Astyages Athenians Athens barbarians battle called Cambyses Carians carried cavalry chap Cleomenes commanded consult the oracle Croesus cubits Cyrenæans Cyrus Darius daughter death Delphi Demaratus Egypt Egyptians embassadors engagement Ethiopians expedition father fled flows gave gods gold Grecians Greece Greeks happened Harpagus heard Hellespont herald Hercules Histiæus honor horses hundred inhabitants Ionians island Isthmus Jupiter king Lacedæmonians lake land Leutychides Libya Lydians manner marched Mardonius Medes Megabazus mentioned Milesians Miltiades nations Nile opinion passed Pausanias Pelasgians Peloponnesus Periander perished Persians Phoenicians Pisistratus Polycrates possession Pythian reigned rest revolt river round sacred sacrifice sailed Salamis Samians Samos Sardis Scythians sent ships Smerdis Spartans spoke stades subdued talents temple territory Thebans Themistocles thereupon Thessaly things thousand Thracians tion took whole wife wished women Xerxes