Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... Lydian by birth , son of Alyattes , and sovereign of the nations on this side the river Halys . This river flowing from the south between the Syrians and Paphlagonians , empties itself northwards into the Euxine Sea . 7 This Croesus was ...
... Lydian by birth , son of Alyattes , and sovereign of the nations on this side the river Halys . This river flowing from the south between the Syrians and Paphlagonians , empties itself northwards into the Euxine Sea . 7 This Croesus was ...
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... Lydians . The Heraclidæ , de- scended from a female slave of Jardanus and Hercules , having been intrusted with the ... Lydian Ardys . See I. 15. , and IV . 12 . In following , ― Let every man look to the things 4 [ 7 , 8 . HERODOTUS .
... Lydians . The Heraclidæ , de- scended from a female slave of Jardanus and Hercules , having been intrusted with the ... Lydian Ardys . See I. 15. , and IV . 12 . In following , ― Let every man look to the things 4 [ 7 , 8 . HERODOTUS .
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... Lydians and almost all the barbarians , it is deemed a great disgrace even for a man to be seen naked . 11. At the ... Lydian kingdom , or expect immediate death , so that you may not , from your obedience to Candaules in all things ...
... Lydians and almost all the barbarians , it is deemed a great disgrace even for a man to be seen naked . 11. At the ... Lydian kingdom , or expect immediate death , so that you may not , from your obedience to Candaules in all things ...
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... Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the follow- ing agreement , that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the Lydians , he should reign ; if not ...
... Lydians re- sented the murder of Candaules , and were up in arms , the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the follow- ing agreement , that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the Lydians , he should reign ; if not ...
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... no use in the army's besieging it . And the Lydian king would not destroy their houses , for this reason , that the Milesians , having those habitations , might come out to sow and cultivate the ground , 15-17 . ] 7 CLIO , I.
... no use in the army's besieging it . And the Lydian king would not destroy their houses , for this reason , that the Milesians , having those habitations , might come out to sow and cultivate the ground , 15-17 . ] 7 CLIO , I.
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