Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... Lacedæmonians were successful in all other wars , and were worsted by the Tegeans only . And long before their reign they had been governed by the worst laws of almost any people in Greece , both as regarded their dealings with one ...
... Lacedæmonians were successful in all other wars , and were worsted by the Tegeans only . And long before their reign they had been governed by the worst laws of almost any people in Greece , both as regarded their dealings with one ...
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... Lacedæmonians themselves affirm , Lycurgus , being appointed guardian to his nephew Leobotas , king of Sparta , brought those institutions from Crete . For as soon as he had taken the guardianship , he altered all their customs , and ...
... Lacedæmonians themselves affirm , Lycurgus , being appointed guardian to his nephew Leobotas , king of Sparta , brought those institutions from Crete . For as soon as he had taken the guardianship , he altered all their customs , and ...
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... Lacedæmonians heard this , they were as far off the dis- covery as ever , though they searched every where : till Li- chas , one of the Spartans who are called Agathoergi , found it . These Agathoergi consist of citizens who are ...
... Lacedæmonians heard this , they were as far off the dis- covery as ever , though they searched every where : till Li- chas , one of the Spartans who are called Agathoergi , found it . These Agathoergi consist of citizens who are ...
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... Lacedæmonians an account of the whole matter ; they , having brought a feigned charge against him , sent him into banishment . He then , going back to Tegea , related his mis- fortune to the smith , and wished to hire the enclosure from ...
... Lacedæmonians an account of the whole matter ; they , having brought a feigned charge against him , sent him into banishment . He then , going back to Tegea , related his mis- fortune to the smith , and wished to hire the enclosure from ...
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... Lacedæmonians accepted his offer of alliance ; and in the first place they promised to be ready at his summons ; and in the next , having made a brazen bowl , and covered it outside to the rim with various figures , and capable of ...
... Lacedæmonians accepted his offer of alliance ; and in the first place they promised to be ready at his summons ; and in the next , having made a brazen bowl , and covered it outside to the rim with various figures , and capable of ...
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