Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... offered them his money , and entreated them to spare his life . However , he could not prevail on them ; but the sailors ordered him either to kill himself , that he might be buried ashore , or to leap immediately into the sea . They ...
... offered them his money , and entreated them to spare his life . However , he could not prevail on them ; but the sailors ordered him either to kill himself , that he might be buried ashore , or to leap immediately into the sea . They ...
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... offered three thou- sand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice , and having heaped up a great pile , he burnt ... offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended , having melted down a vast quantity of gold ...
... offered three thou- sand head of cattle of every kind fit for sacrifice , and having heaped up a great pile , he burnt ... offer to the god whatever he was able . When the sacrifice was ended , having melted down a vast quantity of gold ...
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... offer of alliance ; and in the first place they promised to be ready at his summons ; and in the next , having made a brazen bowl , and covered it outside to the rim with various figures , and capable of containing three hun- dred ...
... offer of alliance ; and in the first place they promised to be ready at his summons ; and in the next , having made a brazen bowl , and covered it outside to the rim with various figures , and capable of containing three hun- dred ...
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... offer resistance when taken . Such were the orders he gave . He drew up the camels in the front of the cavalry , for this reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can- not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for ...
... offer resistance when taken . Such were the orders he gave . He drew up the camels in the front of the cavalry , for this reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can- not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for ...
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... offer this sacri- fice to some god , as the first - fruits of his victory , or wishing to perform a vow ; or perhaps , having heard that Croesus was a religious person , he placed him on the pile for the purpose of discovering whether ...
... offer this sacri- fice to some god , as the first - fruits of his victory , or wishing to perform a vow ; or perhaps , having heard that Croesus was a religious person , he placed him on the pile for the purpose of discovering whether ...
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accordingly Ægina Æginetæ afterwards Amasis answered Argives Aristagoras army arrived Asia Astyages Athenians Athens barbarians battle called Cambyses Carians carried cavalry chap Cleomenes commanded consult the oracle Croesus cubits Cyrenæans Cyrus Darius daughter death Delphi Demaratus Egypt Egyptians enemy engagement Ethiopians expedition fled flows gave give gods gold Grecians Greece Greeks happened Harpagus heard Hellespont herald Hercules Histiæus honour horses hundred inhabit Ionians island Ister Jupiter king Lacedæmonians lake land Libya Lydians manner marched Mardonius Medes Megabazus mention Milesians Miletus Miltiades nations Nile opinion Pæonians passed Pausanias Pelasgians Peloponnesus Periander perished Persians Phocians Phoenicians Pisistratus Polycrates possession Pythian reigned rest revolt river round sacred sacrifice sailed Salamis Samians Samos Sardis Scythians sent ships Smerdis Spartans spoke stades subdued taken temple territory Thebans Themistocles thence thereupon Thessaly things thousand took tyrant whole wife wished women Xerxes