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He continued the war which his father had begun against the Milesians ; and
leading his army against Miletus, he invaded it in the following manner. When
their fruits were ripe on the ground, he led his army into their territory, attended in
his ...
He continued the war which his father had begun against the Milesians ; and
leading his army against Miletus, he invaded it in the following manner. When
their fruits were ripe on the ground, he led his army into their territory, attended in
his ...
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But during the five years that succeeded the six, Alyattes the son of Sadyattes,
who (as I have before mentioned) received it from his father, earnestly applied
himself to it. None of the Ionians, except the Chians, assisted the Milesians in
bearing ...
But during the five years that succeeded the six, Alyattes the son of Sadyattes,
who (as I have before mentioned) received it from his father, earnestly applied
himself to it. None of the Ionians, except the Chians, assisted the Milesians in
bearing ...
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Such was his answer ; and when the Mysians were content with this, the son of
Croesus, who had heard of their request, came in ; and when Croesus refused to
send him with them, the youth thus addressed him : " Father, in time past I was ...
Such was his answer ; and when the Mysians were content with this, the son of
Croesus, who had heard of their request, came in ; and when Croesus refused to
send him with them, the youth thus addressed him : " Father, in time past I was ...
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are not to blame, my father, if after such a dream you take so much care of me ;
but it is right for me to explain that which you do not comprehend, and which has
escaped your notice in the dream. You say the dream signified that I should die
by ...
are not to blame, my father, if after such a dream you take so much care of me ;
but it is right for me to explain that which you do not comprehend, and which has
escaped your notice in the dream. You say the dream signified that I should die
by ...
Page 39
For no man is so void of understanding as to prefer war before peace ; for in the
latter children bury their fathers ; in the former, fathers bury their children. But, I
suppose, it pleased the gods that these things should be so." 88. He then thus ...
For no man is so void of understanding as to prefer war before peace ; for in the
latter children bury their fathers ; in the former, fathers bury their children. But, I
suppose, it pleased the gods that these things should be so." 88. He then thus ...
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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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