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Page 19
And when the rest, who had been sent to other places, arrived bringing the
answers, Croesus having opened each of them examined their contents ; but
none of them pleased him. When, however, he heard that from Delphi, he
immediately ...
And when the rest, who had been sent to other places, arrived bringing the
answers, Croesus having opened each of them examined their contents ; but
none of them pleased him. When, however, he heard that from Delphi, he
immediately ...
Page 24
They then went about proclaiming this ; and a report was presently spread
among the people that Minerva was bringing back Pisistratus ; and the people in
the city believing this woman to be the goddess, both adored a human being, and
...
They then went about proclaiming this ; and a report was presently spread
among the people that Minerva was bringing back Pisistratus ; and the people in
the city believing this woman to be the goddess, both adored a human being, and
...
Page 51
then, I cannot persuade you not to expose the child, do this at least, if it is
absolutely necessary that he should be seen exposed : now I too have been
delivered, and delivered of a stillborn child, then take this and expose it, and let
us bring up ...
then, I cannot persuade you not to expose the child, do this at least, if it is
absolutely necessary that he should be seen exposed : now I too have been
delivered, and delivered of a stillborn child, then take this and expose it, and let
us bring up ...
Page 67
After this, Cyrus, having intrusted Tabalus a Persian with the government of
Sardis, and appointed Pactyas a Lydian to bring away the gold, both that
belonging to Croesus and to the other Lydians, took Croesus with him, and
departed for ...
After this, Cyrus, having intrusted Tabalus a Persian with the government of
Sardis, and appointed Pactyas a Lydian to bring away the gold, both that
belonging to Croesus and to the other Lydians, took Croesus with him, and
departed for ...
Page 68
... that unless he could suggest some feasible proposal, he should not prevail
with him to alter his resolution : and he dreaded also, lest the Lydians, if they
should escape the present danger, might hereafter revolt from the Persians, and
bring ...
... that unless he could suggest some feasible proposal, he should not prevail
with him to alter his resolution : and he dreaded also, lest the Lydians, if they
should escape the present danger, might hereafter revolt from the Persians, and
bring ...
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| Title | Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr ; with a Geographical and General Index Bohn's classical library |
| Authors | Herodotus, Henry Cary |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 613 pages |
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