Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... opinion , -Gyges , son of Dascylus , one of his body - guard , 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 ...
... opinion , -Gyges , son of Dascylus , one of his body - guard , 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 ...
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... opinion of Hippias pre- vailing , to recover the kingdom , they immediately began to collect contributions from those cities which felt any gratitude to them for benefits received ; and though many gave large sums , the Thebans ...
... opinion of Hippias pre- vailing , to recover the kingdom , they immediately began to collect contributions from those cities which felt any gratitude to them for benefits received ; and though many gave large sums , the Thebans ...
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... opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi- lesian procured him a passage . For , whilst Croesus was in · 7 Syennesis seems to have been a name common to the kings of Cilicia . In addition to the one here mentioned , we meet with ...
... opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi- lesian procured him a passage . For , whilst Croesus was in · 7 Syennesis seems to have been a name common to the kings of Cilicia . In addition to the one here mentioned , we meet with ...
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... opinion , are aboriginals , though they say they are from Crete . However , they have assimilated their language to that of the Carians , or the Carians to theirs ; for this I cannot determine with certainty . Their customs are totally ...
... opinion , are aboriginals , though they say they are from Crete . However , they have assimilated their language to that of the Carians , or the Carians to theirs ; for this I cannot determine with certainty . Their customs are totally ...
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... opinion , was very troublesome : she therefore provided for this , for after she had dug the reservoir for the lake , she left this other monument built by similar toil . She had large blocks of stone cut , and when they were ready and ...
... opinion , was very troublesome : she therefore provided for this , for after she had dug the reservoir for the lake , she left this other monument built by similar toil . She had large blocks of stone cut , and when they were ready and ...
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