Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 21
... cubits high , which the Delphians say is the image of Croesus's baking woman ; and to all these things he added the necklaces and girdles of his wife . 52. These were the offerings he sent to Delphi ; and to Amphiaraus , having ...
... cubits high , which the Delphians say is the image of Croesus's baking woman ; and to all these things he added the necklaces and girdles of his wife . 52. These were the offerings he sent to Delphi ; and to Amphiaraus , having ...
Page 24
... cubits high , want- ing three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armour , and placed her on a chariot , and having shown her beforehand how to assume the most becoming demeanour ...
... cubits high , want- ing three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armour , and placed her on a chariot , and having shown her beforehand how to assume the most becoming demeanour ...
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... at the working of iron . For as I was endeavouring to sink a well in this en- closure , in digging , I came to a coffin seven cubits long ; and because I did not believe that men were ever taller 28 [ 67 , 68 . HERODOTUS .
... at the working of iron . For as I was endeavouring to sink a well in this en- closure , in digging , I came to a coffin seven cubits long ; and because I did not believe that men were ever taller 28 [ 67 , 68 . HERODOTUS .
Page 77
... cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred , but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth , taken out of the moat , was consumed , and in what ...
... cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred , but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth , taken out of the moat , was consumed , and in what ...
Page 79
... cubits high : I indeed did not see it , I only relate what is said by the Chaldæans . Da rius , son of Hystaspes , formed a design to take away this statue , but dared not do so ; but Xerxes , son of Darius , took it , and killed the ...
... cubits high : I indeed did not see it , I only relate what is said by the Chaldæans . Da rius , son of Hystaspes , formed a design to take away this statue , but dared not do so ; but Xerxes , son of Darius , took it , and killed the ...
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