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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... stades , they reached the temple . After they had done this in sight of the assembled people , a most happy termination was put to their lives ; and in them the Deity clearly showed that it is better for a man to die than to live . For ...
... stades , they reached the temple . After they had done this in sight of the assembled people , a most happy termination was put to their lives ; and in them the Deity clearly showed that it is better for a man to die than to live . For ...
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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 71
... stades in circumference , and is entirely built of large and well- compacted stone . 164. Now the wall of the Phocæans had been built in the above manner ; but when Harpagus marched his army against them , he besieged them , having ...
... stades in circumference , and is entirely built of large and well- compacted stone . 164. Now the wall of the Phocæans had been built in the above manner ; but when Harpagus marched his army against them , he besieged them , having ...
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... stades in breadth , the Cnidians , wishing to make their territory insular , designed to dig through while Harpagus was subduing Ionia ; for the whole of their dominions were within the isthmus ; and where the Cnidian territory ...
... stades in breadth , the Cnidians , wishing to make their territory insular , designed to dig through while Harpagus was subduing Ionia ; for the whole of their dominions were within the isthmus ; and where the Cnidian territory ...
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... stades ; these stades make up the sum of four hundred and eighty in the whole circumference . Such is the size of the city of Babylon . It was adorned in a manner sur- passing any city we are acquainted with . In the first place , a ...
... stades ; these stades make up the sum of four hundred and eighty in the whole circumference . Such is the size of the city of Babylon . It was adorned in a manner sur- passing any city we are acquainted with . In the first place , a ...
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