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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... spoke thus to Croesus , Croesus did not confer any favor on him , and holding him in no account , dismissed him ; since he considered him a very ignorant man , because he overlooked present prosperity , and bade men look to the end of ...
... spoke thus to Croesus , Croesus did not confer any favor on him , and holding him in no account , dismissed him ; since he considered him a very ignorant man , because he overlooked present prosperity , and bade men look to the end of ...
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... spoke in hexame- ter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb , and hear him that does not speak ; the savor of the hard - shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh of lamb ...
... spoke in hexame- ter verse : " I know the number of the sands , and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb , and hear him that does not speak ; the savor of the hard - shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh of lamb ...
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... spoke a barbarous language . And if the whole Pelasgian body did so , the Attic race , being Pelasgic , must , at the time they changed into Hellenes , have altered their language ; for neither do the Crestonians use the same language ...
... spoke a barbarous language . And if the whole Pelasgian body did so , the Attic race , being Pelasgic , must , at the time they changed into Hellenes , have altered their language ; for neither do the Crestonians use the same language ...
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... spoke as they were ordered by Pisistratus , bidding them be of good cheer , and to depart every man to his own home . 64. The Athenians yielded a ready obedience , and thus Pisistratus , having a third time possessed himself of Athens ...
... spoke as they were ordered by Pisistratus , bidding them be of good cheer , and to depart every man to his own home . 64. The Athenians yielded a ready obedience , and thus Pisistratus , having a third time possessed himself of Athens ...
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... spoke as follows : " Thou art come , Lycurgus , to my wealthy temple , beloved by Jove and all that inhabit Olympian mansions : I doubt whether I shall pronounce thee god or man ; but rather god , I think , Lycur- gus . " Some men say ...
... spoke as follows : " Thou art come , Lycurgus , to my wealthy temple , beloved by Jove and all that inhabit Olympian mansions : I doubt whether I shall pronounce thee god or man ; but rather god , I think , Lycur- gus . " Some men say ...
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