Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... passed over land ( see b . VII . c . 89 ) from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean , which in the text and in other Grecian writers is called " this sea . " 3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece , in the time of Herodotus ...
... passed over land ( see b . VII . c . 89 ) from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean , which in the text and in other Grecian writers is called " this sea . " 3 The region known by the name of Hellas or Greece , in the time of Herodotus ...
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... passed in the following manner to the family of Croesus , who were called Mermnadæ . Candaules , whom the Greeks call Myrsilus , was tyrant of Sardis , and a descendant of Alcæus , son of Hercules . For Agron , son of Ninus , grandson ...
... passed in the following manner to the family of Croesus , who were called Mermnadæ . Candaules , whom the Greeks call Myrsilus , was tyrant of Sardis , and a descendant of Alcæus , son of Hercules . For Agron , son of Ninus , grandson ...
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... passed into Asia , and pos- sessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . 16. When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son Sadyattes succeeded him , and reigned twelve years ; and Alyattes succeeded Sadyattes . He made war ...
... passed into Asia , and pos- sessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . 16. When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son Sadyattes succeeded him , and reigned twelve years ; and Alyattes succeeded Sadyattes . He made war ...
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... passed , and every thing was ready for their return , for Argive mercenaries arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money , showed great zeal in the cause ...
... passed , and every thing was ready for their return , for Argive mercenaries arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money , showed great zeal in the cause ...
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... passing these and flowing up towards the north , it skirts the Syrian Cappadocians on one side , and the Paphlagonians on the left . Thus the river Halys divides almost the whole of lower Asia , from the sea opposite Cyprus to the ...
... passing these and flowing up towards the north , it skirts the Syrian Cappadocians on one side , and the Paphlagonians on the left . Thus the river Halys divides almost the whole of lower Asia , from the sea opposite Cyprus to the ...
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