Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... give any to them . 3. They say too , that in the second generation after this , Alexander the son of Priam , having heard of these events , was desirous of obtaining a wife from Greece by means of violence , being fully per- suaded that ...
... give any to them . 3. They say too , that in the second generation after this , Alexander the son of Priam , having heard of these events , was desirous of obtaining a wife from Greece by means of violence , being fully per- suaded that ...
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... give any answer to the mes- sengers when they arrived at Delphi , until they had rebuilt the temple of Minerva which they had burnt at Assesus in the territory of Milesia . 20. This relation I had from the Delphians but the Milesians ...
... give any answer to the mes- sengers when they arrived at Delphi , until they had rebuilt the temple of Minerva which they had burnt at Assesus in the territory of Milesia . 20. This relation I had from the Delphians but the Milesians ...
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... give twenty - five thousand two hundred days , without including the intercalary month ; and if we add that month to every other year , in 66 If the first number 25,200 is correct , it follows that the year was 360 days ; if the number ...
... give twenty - five thousand two hundred days , without including the intercalary month ; and if we add that month to every other year , in 66 If the first number 25,200 is correct , it follows that the year was 360 days ; if the number ...
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... give his daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyaxares . For with- out strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts observe the same cere- monies as the Greeks ; and ...
... give his daughter Aryenis in marriage to Astyages , son of Cyaxares . For with- out strong necessity , agreements are not wont to remain firm . These nations in their federal contracts observe the same cere- monies as the Greeks ; and ...
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... give the follow- ing account . During the reign of Atys , son of Manes king of Lydia , a great scarcity of corn pervaded all Lydia : for some time the Lydians supported it with constancy ; but when they saw the evil still continuing ...
... give the follow- ing account . During the reign of Atys , son of Manes king of Lydia , a great scarcity of corn pervaded all Lydia : for some time the Lydians supported it with constancy ; but when they saw the evil still continuing ...
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