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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... wall . The distance between the old town , which was then besieged , and the temple , is seven stadia . Croesus then attacked these the first , and afterward the several cities of the Ionians and Eolians one after another , alleging ...
... wall . The distance between the old town , which was then besieged , and the temple , is seven stadia . Croesus then attacked these the first , and afterward the several cities of the Ionians and Eolians one after another , alleging ...
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... walls , were besieged by the Persians . 81. Siege was then laid to them ; but Croesus , think- ing it would last a long time , sent other messengers from the city to his allies ; for those who were before sent requested them to assemble ...
... walls , were besieged by the Persians . 81. Siege was then laid to them ; but Croesus , think- ing it would last a long time , sent other messengers from the city to his allies ; for those who were before sent requested them to assemble ...
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... wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles , having caused it to be carried round the rest of the wall , where the citadel was exposed to assault , neglected this , as altogether unassaila- ble and precipitous . This is the quarter ...
... wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles , having caused it to be carried round the rest of the wall , where the citadel was exposed to assault , neglected this , as altogether unassaila- ble and precipitous . This is the quarter ...
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... walls , which now go under the name of Ecbatana , 2 one placed in a circle within the other ; and this fortification is so contrived that each circle was raised above the other by the height of the battlements only . The situa- tion of ...
... walls , which now go under the name of Ecbatana , 2 one placed in a circle within the other ; and this fortification is so contrived that each circle was raised above the other by the height of the battlements only . The situa- tion of ...
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... walls , and met together at the Panionium , with the exception of the Milesians ; for Cyrus made an alliance with them only , on the same terms as the Lydians had done . The rest of the Ionians resolved unanimously to send embassadors ...
... walls , and met together at the Panionium , with the exception of the Milesians ; for Cyrus made an alliance with them only , on the same terms as the Lydians had done . The rest of the Ionians resolved unanimously to send embassadors ...
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