Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought that she was by far the most beautiful of all women . Now being of this opinion , -Gyges , son of Dascylus ...
... father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought that she was by far the most beautiful of all women . Now being of this opinion , -Gyges , son of Dascylus ...
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... 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 march with pipes ...
... 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 march with pipes ...
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... father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ionians , except the Chians , assisted the Milesians in bearing the bur- den of this war : they did it in requital for succour they had received ; for formerly the Milesians had ...
... father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ionians , except the Chians , assisted the Milesians in bearing the bur- den of this war : they did it in requital for succour they had received ; for formerly the Milesians had ...
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... Father , in time past I was permitted to signalize myself in the two most noble and becoming exercises of war and hunting ; but now you keep me excluded from both , without having observed in me either cowardice or want of spirit . How ...
... Father , in time past I was permitted to signalize myself in the two most noble and becoming exercises of war and hunting ; but now you keep me excluded from both , without having observed in me either cowardice or want of spirit . How ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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