Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... Pythian added this , " that the Heraclidæ should be avenged on the fifth descendant of Gyges . " 1 Of this prediction neither the Lydians nor their kings took any notice until it was actually accomplished . 14. Thus the Mermnadæ ...
... Pythian added this , " that the Heraclidæ should be avenged on the fifth descendant of Gyges . " 1 Of this prediction neither the Lydians nor their kings took any notice until it was actually accomplished . 14. Thus the Mermnadæ ...
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... Pythian , however , refused to give any answer to the mes- sengers when they arrived at Delphi , until they had rebuilt the temple of Minerva which they had burnt at Assesus in the territory of Milesia . 20. This relation I had from the ...
... Pythian , however , refused to give any answer to the mes- sengers when they arrived at Delphi , until they had rebuilt the temple of Minerva which they had burnt at Assesus in the territory of Milesia . 20. This relation I had from the ...
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... Pythian thus spoke in hexame- ter verse : I know the number of the sands , and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb , and hear him that does not speak ; the savour of the hard - shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh ...
... Pythian thus spoke in hexame- ter verse : I know the number of the sands , and the measure of the sea ; I understand the dumb , and hear him that does not speak ; the savour of the hard - shelled tortoise boiled in brass with the flesh ...
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... . For after he had ascer- tained the veracity of the oracle , he had frequent recourse to it . His demand now was , whether he should long enjoy the king- dom ? to which the Pythian gave this answer : 52-55 . ] 21 CLIO . I.
... . For after he had ascer- tained the veracity of the oracle , he had frequent recourse to it . His demand now was , whether he should long enjoy the king- dom ? to which the Pythian gave this answer : 52-55 . ] 21 CLIO . I.
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... Pythian gave this answer : " When a mule shall become king of the Medes , then , tender - footed Lydian , flee over pebbly Hermus , nor tarry , nor blush to be a coward . " 56. With this answer , when reported to him , Croesus was more ...
... Pythian gave this answer : " When a mule shall become king of the Medes , then , tender - footed Lydian , flee over pebbly Hermus , nor tarry , nor blush to be a coward . " 56. With this answer , when reported to him , Croesus was more ...
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