Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... Greeks and barbarians deprived of renown : and amongst the rest , for what cause they waged war upon each other . 1. The learned among the Persians assert that the Pho- nicians were the original authors of the quarrel ; for that they ...
... Greeks and barbarians deprived of renown : and amongst the rest , for what cause they waged war upon each other . 1. The learned among the Persians assert that the Pho- nicians were the original authors of the quarrel ; for that they ...
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... Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . They add , that while these women were standing near the stern of the vessel , and were bargain- ing for such things as most pleased them , the Phoenicians , having exhorted one another ...
... Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . They add , that while these women were standing near the stern of the vessel , and were bargain- ing for such things as most pleased them , the Phoenicians , having exhorted one another ...
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... Greeks for the sake of a Lacedæmonian woman assembled a mighty fleet , and then having come to Asia overthrew the empire of Priam . That from this event they had always considered the Greeks as their enemies : for the Persians claim ...
... Greeks for the sake of a Lacedæmonian woman assembled a mighty fleet , and then having come to Asia overthrew the empire of Priam . That from this event they had always considered the Greeks as their enemies : for the Persians claim ...
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... Greeks to the payment of tribute , and formed alliances with others . He subdued the Ionians and Æolians , and the Dorians settled in Asia , and he formed an alliance with the Lacedæmonians ; but before the reign of Croesus all the Greeks ...
... Greeks to the payment of tribute , and formed alliances with others . He subdued the Ionians and Æolians , and the Dorians settled in Asia , and he formed an alliance with the Lacedæmonians ; but before the reign of Croesus all the Greeks ...
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... Greeks do . They are accus- tomed to ascend the highest parts of the mountains , and offer sacrifice to Jupiter , and they call the whole circle of the hea- vens by the name of Jupiter . They sacrifice to the sun and moon , to the earth ...
... Greeks do . They are accus- tomed to ascend the highest parts of the mountains , and offer sacrifice to Jupiter , and they call the whole circle of the hea- vens by the name of Jupiter . They sacrifice to the sun and moon , to the earth ...
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