Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 32
... fighting , and both showed a great anxiety to make peace . Syennesis the Cilician , and Labynetus & the Babylonian , were the mediators of their reconciliation ; these were they who hastened the treaty between them , and made a ...
... fighting , and both showed a great anxiety to make peace . Syennesis the Cilician , and Labynetus & the Babylonian , were the mediators of their reconciliation ; these were they who hastened the treaty between them , and made a ...
Page 34
... Lydians . Their mode of fighting was from on horseback ; they were armed with long lances , and managed their horses with admirable address . 80. The place where they met was the plain that 34 [ 78 , 79 . HERODOTUS .
... Lydians . Their mode of fighting was from on horseback ; they were armed with long lances , and managed their horses with admirable address . 80. The place where they met was the plain that 34 [ 78 , 79 . HERODOTUS .
Page 47
... fighting ; and who subjected the whole of Asia above the river Halys . He assembled the forces of all his subjects , and marched against Nineveh to avenge his father , and destroy that city . However , when he had obtained a victory ...
... fighting ; and who subjected the whole of Asia above the river Halys . He assembled the forces of all his subjects , and marched against Nineveh to avenge his father , and destroy that city . However , when he had obtained a victory ...
Page 73
... fighting for his own ; but being defeated and subdued , they severally remained in their own countries , and submitted to the commands imposed on them . But the Milesians , as I have before mentioned , 5 having made a league with Cyrus ...
... fighting for his own ; but being defeated and subdued , they severally remained in their own countries , and submitted to the commands imposed on them . But the Milesians , as I have before mentioned , 5 having made a league with Cyrus ...
Page 77
... fighting . Of the modern Lycians , who are said to be Xan- thians , all , except eighty families , are strangers ; but these eighty families happened at the time to be away from home , and so survived . Thus Harpagus got possession of ...
... fighting . Of the modern Lycians , who are said to be Xan- thians , all , except eighty families , are strangers ; but these eighty families happened at the time to be away from home , and so survived . Thus Harpagus got possession of ...
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