Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... hands of others ; he chose therefore to survive , and made the follow- ing inquiry : " Since you compel me to kill my master against my will , tell me how we shall lay hands on him . " She an- swered , " The assault shall be made from ...
... hands of others ; he chose therefore to survive , and made the follow- ing inquiry : " Since you compel me to kill my master against my will , tell me how we shall lay hands on him . " She an- swered , " The assault shall be made from ...
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... hands were polluted , a Phrygian by birth , and of royal family , arrived at Sardis . This man , having come to the palace of Croesus , sought permission to obtain purification according to the custom of the country . Croesus purified ...
... hands were polluted , a Phrygian by birth , and of royal family , arrived at Sardis . This man , having come to the palace of Croesus , sought permission to obtain purification according to the custom of the country . Croesus purified ...
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... hand , or what pointed iron weapon has a boar , to occasion such fears in you ? Had it said I should lose my life by a tusk , or something of like nature , you ought then to have done as you now do ; whereas it said by the point of a ...
... hand , or what pointed iron weapon has a boar , to occasion such fears in you ? Had it said I should lose my life by a tusk , or something of like nature , you ought then to have done as you now do ; whereas it said by the point of a ...
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... hand of one , whom he himself had purified from blood ; and vehemently deploring his misfortune , he invoked Jove the ... hands and begging of him to kill him upon it ; then relating his former misfortune , and how in addition to that he ...
... hand of one , whom he himself had purified from blood ; and vehemently deploring his misfortune , he invoked Jove the ... hands and begging of him to kill him upon it ; then relating his former misfortune , and how in addition to that he ...
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... hand as one enters the temple , and that of silver on the left ; but these also were removed when the temple was burnt down ; and the golden one , weighing eight talents and a half and twelve minæ , is placed in the treasury of ...
... hand as one enters the temple , and that of silver on the left ; but these also were removed when the temple was burnt down ; and the golden one , weighing eight talents and a half and twelve minæ , is placed in the treasury of ...
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