Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... happened to be his especial favourite , and to him Candaules confided his most important affairs , and moreover extolled the beauty of his wife in exaggerated terms . lapse of time ( for Candaules was fated to be miserable ) he ad ...
... happened to be his especial favourite , and to him Candaules confided his most important affairs , and moreover extolled the beauty of his wife in exaggerated terms . lapse of time ( for Candaules was fated to be miserable ) he ad ...
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... happened , came when he was sent for , for he had been before used to attend whenever the queen sent for him . When Gyges came , the lady thus addressed him : 66 Gygës , I submit two proposals to your choice , either kill Candaules and ...
... happened , came when he was sent for , for he had been before used to attend whenever the queen sent for him . When Gyges came , the lady thus addressed him : 66 Gygës , I submit two proposals to your choice , either kill Candaules and ...
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... happened ; but that Periander , giv- ing no credit to his relation , put Arion under close confine- ment , and watched anxiously for the seamen : that when they appeared , he summoned them and inquired if they could give any account of ...
... happened ; but that Periander , giv- ing no credit to his relation , put Arion under close confine- ment , and watched anxiously for the seamen : that when they appeared , he summoned them and inquired if they could give any account of ...
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... happened , and having arrived at Sardis , gave him an account of the action , and of his son's fate . 44. Croesus , exceedingly distressed by the death of his son , lamented it the more bitterly , because he fell by the hand of one ...
... happened , and having arrived at Sardis , gave him an account of the action , and of his son's fate . 44. Croesus , exceedingly distressed by the death of his son , lamented it the more bitterly , because he fell by the hand of one ...
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... happened to have a son , to disown him . However , Hippo- crates , when Chilon gave this advice , would not be persuaded ; and had afterwards this same Pisistratus ; who , when a quar- rel happened between those who dwelt on the sea ...
... happened to have a son , to disown him . However , Hippo- crates , when Chilon gave this advice , would not be persuaded ; and had afterwards this same Pisistratus ; who , when a quar- rel happened between those who dwelt on the sea ...
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