Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 457
... Themistocles had before this opportunely prevailed . When the Athenians , having great riches in the treasury , which came in from the mines of Laureum , were about to share them man by man , to each ten drachmas ; then Themistocles ...
... Themistocles had before this opportunely prevailed . When the Athenians , having great riches in the treasury , which came in from the mines of Laureum , were about to share them man by man , to each ten drachmas ; then Themistocles ...
Page 470
... Themistocles , son of Neocles . There they re- mained but a few days , for messengers coming from Alexan- der , son of Amyntas , a Macedonian , advised them to retire , and not to stay in the pass and be trampled under foot by the ...
... Themistocles , son of Neocles . There they re- mained but a few days , for messengers coming from Alexan- der , son of Amyntas , a Macedonian , advised them to retire , and not to stay in the pass and be trampled under foot by the ...
Page 494
... Themistocles , by a bribe of thirty talents , to promise that they would stay and engage the enemy by sea before Euboea . 5. Themistocles , to retain the Greeks , did as follows . Of this money he gave five talents to Eury- biades , as ...
... Themistocles , by a bribe of thirty talents , to promise that they would stay and engage the enemy by sea before Euboea . 5. Themistocles , to retain the Greeks , did as follows . Of this money he gave five talents to Eury- biades , as ...
Page 495
... Themistocles himself was a con- siderable gainer , as he secretly kept the rest ; but those who took part of this money , thought it came from the Athenians , on that condition . 6. They accordingly remained in Euboea , and came to an ...
... Themistocles himself was a con- siderable gainer , as he secretly kept the rest ; but those who took part of this money , thought it came from the Athenians , on that condition . 6. They accordingly remained in Euboea , and came to an ...
Page 498
... were disabled , they consulted about a retreat to the interior of Greece . 19. But Themistocles having considered with himself , that if the Ioni- ans and Carians could be detached from the barbarian , 498 [ 15-19 . HERODOTUS .
... were disabled , they consulted about a retreat to the interior of Greece . 19. But Themistocles having considered with himself , that if the Ioni- ans and Carians could be detached from the barbarian , 498 [ 15-19 . HERODOTUS .
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