Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General Index |
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After this he endeavored to propitiate the god at Delphi by magnificent sacrifices ;
for he offered three thousand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice , and
having heaped up a great pile , he burned on it beds of gold and silver , vials of ...
After this he endeavored to propitiate the god at Delphi by magnificent sacrifices ;
for he offered three thousand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice , and
having heaped up a great pile , he burned on it beds of gold and silver , vials of ...
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with ; nor expose me to danger by deceiving me ; nor , by preferring another ,
draw ruin upon thy own head . Take the child that Mandane has given birth to ,
carry him to your own house and kill him , and afterward bury him in whatever
way ...
with ; nor expose me to danger by deceiving me ; nor , by preferring another ,
draw ruin upon thy own head . Take the child that Mandane has given birth to ,
carry him to your own house and kill him , and afterward bury him in whatever
way ...
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At the appointed hour , when the other guests and Harpagus were come , tables
full of mutton were placed before the rest and Astyages himself , but before
Harpagus all the body of his son , except the head , the hands , and the feet ;
these ...
At the appointed hour , when the other guests and Harpagus were come , tables
full of mutton were placed before the rest and Astyages himself , but before
Harpagus all the body of his son , except the head , the hands , and the feet ;
these ...
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Seeing Astyages severe in his treatment of the Medes , Harpagus , holding
intercourse with the chief persons of the nation , one after another , persuaded
them that they ought to place him at their head , and depose Astyages . When he
had ...
Seeing Astyages severe in his treatment of the Medes , Harpagus , holding
intercourse with the chief persons of the nation , one after another , persuaded
them that they ought to place him at their head , and depose Astyages . When he
had ...
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... now bear the punishment on my own head ; but in the present instance
Pactyas , to whom you intrusted Sardis , is the culprit ; let him , therefore , pay the
penalty ; but pardon the Lydians , and enjoin them to observe the following
regulations ...
... now bear the punishment on my own head ; but in the present instance
Pactyas , to whom you intrusted Sardis , is the culprit ; let him , therefore , pay the
penalty ; but pardon the Lydians , and enjoin them to observe the following
regulations ...
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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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