Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... called the Red Sea to the Mediterranean , 2 and having settled in the country which they now inhabit , forthwith applied themselves to dis- tant voyages ; and that having exported Egyptian and Assy- rian merchandise , they touched at ...
... called the Red Sea to the Mediterranean , 2 and having settled in the country which they now inhabit , forthwith applied themselves to dis- tant voyages ; and that having exported Egyptian and Assy- rian merchandise , they touched at ...
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... called Mermnadæ . Candaules , whom the Greeks call Myrsilus , was tyrant of Sardis , and a descendant of Alcæus , son of Hercules . For Agron , son of Ninus , grandson of Belus , great - grandson of Alcæus , was the first of the ...
... called Mermnadæ . Candaules , whom the Greeks call Myrsilus , was tyrant of Sardis , and a descendant of Alcæus , son of Hercules . For Agron , son of Ninus , grandson of Belus , great - grandson of Alcæus , was the first of the ...
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... called Histiæotis : when they were driven out of Histiæotis by the Cadmæans , they settled on Mount Pidnus , at a place called Macednum ; thence they again removed to Dryopis ; and at length coming into Pe- loponnesus , were called ...
... called Histiæotis : when they were driven out of Histiæotis by the Cadmæans , they settled on Mount Pidnus , at a place called Macednum ; thence they again removed to Dryopis ; and at length coming into Pe- loponnesus , were called ...
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... called Pteria , in Cappadocia . ( Now Pteria is the strongest position of the whole of this country , and is situated over against Sinope , a city on the Euxine Sea . ) Here he encamped , and ravaged the lands of the Syrians ; and took ...
... called Pteria , in Cappadocia . ( Now Pteria is the strongest position of the whole of this country , and is situated over against Sinope , a city on the Euxine Sea . ) Here he encamped , and ravaged the lands of the Syrians ; and took ...
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... called the Hermus , which flowing from the sacred mountain of mother Cybele , falls into the sea near the city of Phocæa . Here Cyrus , when he saw the Lydians drawn up in order of battle , alarmed at the cavalry , had re- course to the ...
... called the Hermus , which flowing from the sacred mountain of mother Cybele , falls into the sea near the city of Phocæa . Here Cyrus , when he saw the Lydians drawn up in order of battle , alarmed at the cavalry , had re- course to the ...
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