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The last English version was that by Laurent , in making which the translator
laboured under the twofold disadvantage of being an inaccurate Greek scholar ,
and a far worse EngNor can the present translator hope to be free from some
defect ...
The last English version was that by Laurent , in making which the translator
laboured under the twofold disadvantage of being an inaccurate Greek scholar ,
and a far worse EngNor can the present translator hope to be free from some
defect ...
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When he spoke thus to Cræsus , Croesus did not confer any favour on him , and
holding him in no account , dismissed him ; since he considered him a very
ignorant man , because he overlooked present prosperity , and bade men look to
the ...
When he spoke thus to Cræsus , Croesus did not confer any favour on him , and
holding him in no account , dismissed him ; since he considered him a very
ignorant man , because he overlooked present prosperity , and bade men look to
the ...
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To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Cræsus gave
it in charge to inquire of the oracles , whether he should make war on the
Persians , and if he should unite any other nation as an ally . Accordingly , when
the ...
To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples , Cræsus gave
it in charge to inquire of the oracles , whether he should make war on the
Persians , and if he should unite any other nation as an ally . Accordingly , when
the ...
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... and who were formerly neighbours to those now called Dorians , and at that
time occupied the country at present called Thessaliotis ; and if I may conjecture
from those Pelasgians settled at Placia and Scylace on the Hellespont , and who
...
... and who were formerly neighbours to those now called Dorians , and at that
time occupied the country at present called Thessaliotis ; and if I may conjecture
from those Pelasgians settled at Placia and Scylace on the Hellespont , and who
...
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Crasus being informed of all these things , sent ambassadors to Sparta , with
presents , and to request their alliance ... the statue of Apollo that now stands at
Thornax in Laconia , Crosus gave it as a present to them , when they were 69.
Crasus being informed of all these things , sent ambassadors to Sparta , with
presents , and to request their alliance ... the statue of Apollo that now stands at
Thornax in Laconia , Crosus gave it as a present to them , when they were 69.
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Page 475 - Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the illustrious Megistias, whom once the Medes, having passed the river Sperchius, slew ; a prophet who, at the time well knowing the impending fate, would not abandon the Jeaders of Sparta.
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Page 140 - Now they determined to leave in common a memorial of themselves, and having so determined, they built a labyrinth a little above the lake of Moeris, situated near that called the city of Crocodiles ; this I have myself seen, and found it greater than can be described ; for if any one should reckon up the buildings and public works of the Grecians, they would be found to have cost less...
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| Title | Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a Geographical and General Index Volume 1 of Bohn's classical library |
| Authors | Herodotus, Henry Cary |
| Publisher | H.G. Bohn, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 613 pages |
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