Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General Index |
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3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece in the time of Herodotus
was , previous to the Trojan war , and indeed long afterward , only discriminated
by the names of its different inhabitants . Homer speaks of the Danaans , Argives
...
3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece in the time of Herodotus
was , previous to the Trojan war , and indeed long afterward , only discriminated
by the names of its different inhabitants . Homer speaks of the Danaans , Argives
...
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3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece in the time of Herodotus
was , previous to the Trojan war , and indeed long afterward , only discriminated
by the names of its different inhabitants . Homer speaks of the Danaans , Argives
...
3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece in the time of Herodotus
was , previous to the Trojan war , and indeed long afterward , only discriminated
by the names of its different inhabitants . Homer speaks of the Danaans , Argives
...
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... all the inhabitants should feast together . 22. Thrasybulus contrived and
ordered this , to the end that the Sardian herald , seeing so great a profusion of
corn , and the people enjoying themselves , might report accordingly to Alyattes ;
and so ...
... all the inhabitants should feast together . 22. Thrasybulus contrived and
ordered this , to the end that the Sardian herald , seeing so great a profusion of
corn , and the people enjoying themselves , might report accordingly to Alyattes ;
and so ...
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... beyond measure delighted with the oracles ; and fully expecting that he should
destroy the kingdom of Cyrus , he again sent to Delphi , and having ascertained
the number of the inhabitants , presented each of them with two staters of gold .
... beyond measure delighted with the oracles ; and fully expecting that he should
destroy the kingdom of Cyrus , he again sent to Delphi , and having ascertained
the number of the inhabitants , presented each of them with two staters of gold .
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Here he encamped , and ravaged the lands of the Syrians ; and took the city of
the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places ,
and expelled the inhabitants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus
...
Here he encamped , and ravaged the lands of the Syrians ; and took the city of
the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places ,
and expelled the inhabitants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus
...
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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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