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Croesus, exceedingly distressed by the death of his son, lamented it the more
bitterly, because he fell by the hand of one, whom he himself had purified from
blood ; and vehemently deploring his misfortune, he invoked Jove the Expiator, ...
Croesus, exceedingly distressed by the death of his son, lamented it the more
bitterly, because he fell by the hand of one, whom he himself had purified from
blood ; and vehemently deploring his misfortune, he invoked Jove the Expiator, ...
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When therefore Croesus by the will of his father obtained the kingdom, he put his
opponent to death by tearing his flesh with a fuller's thistle ; and having already
vowed all his treasure to the gods, he dedicated it in the manner above described
...
When therefore Croesus by the will of his father obtained the kingdom, he put his
opponent to death by tearing his flesh with a fuller's thistle ; and having already
vowed all his treasure to the gods, he dedicated it in the manner above described
...
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Now Cyaxares and the Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast, and
having made them drunk, put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their
former power, and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh, (how
they ...
Now Cyaxares and the Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast, and
having made them drunk, put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their
former power, and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh, (how
they ...
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Harpagus, having given this answer, when the child had been put into his hands,
adorned as if for death, returned home weeping ; and upon his arrival he told his
wife all that Astyages had said. She asked him, "What then do you purpose to ...
Harpagus, having given this answer, when the child had been put into his hands,
adorned as if for death, returned home weeping ; and upon his arrival he told his
wife all that Astyages had said. She asked him, "What then do you purpose to ...
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most cruel death ; and I am appointed to see the child exposed." 111. The
herdsman, having heard these words, took the infant, returned back by the same
way, and reached his cottage. It so happened that his own wife, whose
confinement ...
most cruel death ; and I am appointed to see the child exposed." 111. The
herdsman, having heard these words, took the infant, returned back by the same
way, and reached his cottage. It so happened that his own wife, whose
confinement ...
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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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