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Page 8
When the disease continued a considerable time, he sent messengers to Delphi
to consult the oracle, either from the advice of some friend, or because it
appeared right to himself to send and make inquiries of the god concerning his
disorder.
When the disease continued a considerable time, he sent messengers to Delphi
to consult the oracle, either from the advice of some friend, or because it
appeared right to himself to send and make inquiries of the god concerning his
disorder.
Page 11
... May the gods put such a thought into the Islanders, as to attack the sons of the
Lydians with horse." The other answering said, " Sire, you appear to wish above
all things to see the Islanders on horseback upon the continent ; and not without ...
... May the gods put such a thought into the Islanders, as to attack the sons of the
Lydians with horse." The other answering said, " Sire, you appear to wish above
all things to see the Islanders on horseback upon the continent ; and not without ...
Page 18
He invoked also the same deity, by the name of the god of hospitality and private
friendship : as the god of hospitality, because by receiving a stranger into his
house, he had unawares fostered the murderer of his son ; as the god of private ...
He invoked also the same deity, by the name of the god of hospitality and private
friendship : as the god of hospitality, because by receiving a stranger into his
house, he had unawares fostered the murderer of his son ; as the god of private ...
Page 20
After this he endeavoured to propitiate the god at Delphi by magnificent sacrifices
; for he offered three thousand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice, and
having heaped up a great pile, he burnt on it beds of gold and silver, vials of gold,
...
After this he endeavoured to propitiate the god at Delphi by magnificent sacrifices
; for he offered three thousand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice, and
having heaped up a great pile, he burnt on it beds of gold and silver, vials of gold,
...
Page 26
He, inspired by the god, uttered this prophecy ; ai sistratus, comprehending the
oracle, and saying he ac the omen, led on his army. The Athenians of the citj then
engaged at their breakfast, and some of them breakfast had betaken themselves
...
He, inspired by the god, uttered this prophecy ; ai sistratus, comprehending the
oracle, and saying he ac the omen, led on his army. The Athenians of the citj then
engaged at their breakfast, and some of them breakfast had betaken themselves
...
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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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