Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... 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 , attesting what he had suffered by ...
... 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 , attesting what he had suffered by ...
Page 42
... death by tearing his flesh with a fuller's thistle ; and having already vowed all his trea- sure to the gods , he dedicated it in the manner above described to the places I have mentioned . And this may suffice re- specting the ...
... death by tearing his flesh with a fuller's thistle ; and having already vowed all his trea- sure to the gods , he dedicated it in the manner above described to the places I have mentioned . And this may suffice re- specting the ...
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... death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power , and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh , ( how they took it , I will relate in another work , 6 ) and reduced the Assyrians into subjection , with the ex ...
... death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power , and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh , ( how they took it , I will relate in another work , 6 ) and reduced the Assyrians into subjection , with the ex ...
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... 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 do ? " He answered , " Not as Astyages has commanded ; though he should be yet more ...
... 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 do ? " He answered , " Not as Astyages has commanded ; though he should be yet more ...
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... death ; and I am appointed to see the child ex- posed . " 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 ...
... death ; and I am appointed to see the child ex- posed . " 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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