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After this, that certain Grecians, (for they are unable to tell their name,) having
touched at Tyre in Phoenicia, carried off the king's daughter Europa. These must
have been Cretans. Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; 4 but that
after ...
After this, that certain Grecians, (for they are unable to tell their name,) having
touched at Tyre in Phoenicia, carried off the king's daughter Europa. These must
have been Cretans. Thus far they say that they had only retaliated ; 4 but that
after ...
Page 3
Now, to carry off women by violence the Persians think is the act of wicked men,
but to trouble oneself about avenging them when so carried off is the act of
foolish ones ; and to pay no regard to them when carried off, of wise men : for that
it is ...
Now, to carry off women by violence the Persians think is the act of wicked men,
but to trouble oneself about avenging them when so carried off is the act of
foolish ones ; and to pay no regard to them when carried off, of wise men : for that
it is ...
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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 Maeander. Six of these eleven years Sadyattes the son of
...
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 Maeander. Six of these eleven years Sadyattes the son of
...
Page 9
They say that Arion of Methymna, who was second to none of his time in
accompanying the harp, and who was the first, that we are acquainted with, who
composed, named, and represented the dithyrambus at Corinth, was carried to
Taenarus ...
They say that Arion of Methymna, who was second to none of his time in
accompanying the harp, and who was the first, that we are acquainted with, who
composed, named, and represented the dithyrambus at Corinth, was carried to
Taenarus ...
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... if the lion were carried round the wall, Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles
, having caused it to be carried round the ... come down this precipice the day
before, for a helmet that was rolled down, and carry it up again, noticed it
carefully, ...
... if the lion were carried round the wall, Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles
, having caused it to be carried round the ... come down this precipice the day
before, for a helmet that was rolled down, and carry it up again, noticed it
carefully, ...
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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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