Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... night he followed the lady to the chamber : then ( for Gyges was not suffered to depart , nor was there any possibility of escape , but either he or Candaules must needs perish ) she , having given him a dagger , concealed him be- hind ...
... night he followed the lady to the chamber : then ( for Gyges was not suffered to depart , nor was there any possibility of escape , but either he or Candaules must needs perish ) she , having given him a dagger , concealed him be- hind ...
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... night . This change of the day Thales the Milesian had foretold to the Ionians , fixing beforehand this year as the very period , in which the change actually took place . The Lydians and Medes seeing night succeeding in the place of ...
... night . This change of the day Thales the Milesian had foretold to the Ionians , fixing beforehand this year as the very period , in which the change actually took place . The Lydians and Medes seeing night succeeding in the place of ...
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... night , neither having been victorious . In this manner did the two armies engage . 77. But Croesus laying the blame on his own army on account of the smallness of its numbers , for his forces that engaged were far fewer than those of ...
... night , neither having been victorious . In this manner did the two armies engage . 77. But Croesus laying the blame on his own army on account of the smallness of its numbers , for his forces that engaged were far fewer than those of ...
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... night came on . The two Ar- gians thinking themselves victorious , ran to Argos with the news ; but Othryades , the Lacedæmonian , having stripped the corpses of the Argians , and carried their arms to his own camp , continued at his ...
... night came on . The two Ar- gians thinking themselves victorious , ran to Argos with the news ; but Othryades , the Lacedæmonian , having stripped the corpses of the Argians , and carried their arms to his own camp , continued at his ...
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... divided them into spearmen , archers , and cavalry ; whereas before they had been confusedly mixed together . It was he that fought with the Lydians , when the day was turned into night , 3 as 46 [ 100-103 . HERODOTUS .
... divided them into spearmen , archers , and cavalry ; whereas before they had been confusedly mixed together . It was he that fought with the Lydians , when the day was turned into night , 3 as 46 [ 100-103 . HERODOTUS .
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