Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General Index |
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tunity , came from Greece to Sardis , which had then attained to the highest
degree of prosperity ; and among them Solon , an Athenian , who , having made
laws for the Athenians at their request , absented himself for ten years , having
sailed ...
tunity , came from Greece to Sardis , which had then attained to the highest
degree of prosperity ; and among them Solon , an Athenian , who , having made
laws for the Athenians at their request , absented himself for ten years , having
sailed ...
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In the next place , he began to inquire carefully who were the most powerful of
the Greeks whom he might gain over as allies ; and on inquiry , found that the
Lacedæmonians and Athenians excelled the rest , the former being of Dorian ,
the ...
In the next place , he began to inquire carefully who were the most powerful of
the Greeks whom he might gain over as allies ; and on inquiry , found that the
Lacedæmonians and Athenians excelled the rest , the former being of Dorian ,
the ...
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... Greeks have from old been distinguished from the barbarians as being more
acute and free from all foolish simplicity , and ore particularly as they played this
trick upon the Athenians , who are esteemed among the wisest of the Grecians .
... Greeks have from old been distinguished from the barbarians as being more
acute and free from all foolish simplicity , and ore particularly as they played this
trick upon the Athenians , who are esteemed among the wisest of the Grecians .
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The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of
them , after breakfast , had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that
the army of Pisistratus , falling upon them by surprise , soon put them to flight ;
and as ...
The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of
them , after breakfast , had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that
the army of Pisistratus , falling upon them by surprise , soon put them to flight ;
and as ...
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The practice of making the images of Mercury with the member erect , they did
not learn from the Egyptians , but from the Pelasgians : the Athenians were the
first of all the Greeks who adopted this practice , and others from them ; for the ...
The practice of making the images of Mercury with the member erect , they did
not learn from the Egyptians , but from the Pelasgians : the Athenians were the
first of all the Greeks who adopted this practice , and others from them ; for the ...
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| Title | Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General Index Harper's classical library |
| Authors | Herodotus, Henry Cary |
| Translated by | Henry Cary |
| Publisher | Harper & Bros., 1855 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | 8 May 2012 |
| Length | 613 pages |
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