Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... army against Miletus , he invaded it in the following manner . When their fruits were ripe on the ground , he led his army into their territory , attended in his march with pipes , harps , and flutes , masculine and feminine . On his ...
... army against Miletus , he invaded it in the following manner . When their fruits were ripe on the ground , he led his army into their territory , attended in his march with pipes , harps , and flutes , masculine and feminine . On his ...
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... army . 18. In this manner he carried on the war eleven years , during which the Milesians received two great blows , one in a battle at Li- meneion in their own territory , the other in the plain of the Mæander . Six of these eleven ...
... army . 18. In this manner he carried on the war eleven years , during which the Milesians received two great blows , one in a battle at Li- meneion in their own territory , the other in the plain of the Mæander . Six of these eleven ...
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... army . The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of them after breakfast had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that the army of Pisistratus , falling upon them by surprise , soon put them ...
... army . The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of them after breakfast had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that the army of Pisistratus , falling upon them by surprise , soon put them ...
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... army against the territory of the Persians . When he arrived at the river Halys , Croesus transported his forces , as I believe , by the bridges which are now there . But the common opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi ...
... army against the territory of the Persians . When he arrived at the river Halys , Croesus transported his forces , as I believe , by the bridges which are now there . But the common opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi ...
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... army should pass over the river , ( for they say that these bridges were not at that time in existence , ) Thales , who was in the camp , caused the stream , which flowed along the left of the army , to flow likewise on the right ; and ...
... army should pass over the river , ( for they say that these bridges were not at that time in existence , ) Thales , who was in the camp , caused the stream , which flowed along the left of the army , to flow likewise on the right ; and ...
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