Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... person whom I myself know to have been the first guilty of injustice to- wards the Greeks , I will then proceed with my history , touching as well on the small as the great estates of men : for of those that were formerly powerful many ...
... person whom I myself know to have been the first guilty of injustice to- wards the Greeks , I will then proceed with my history , touching as well on the small as the great estates of men : for of those that were formerly powerful many ...
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... person that began the war ) . But during the five years that succeeded the six , Alyattes the son of Sa- dyattes , who ( as I have before mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ionians ...
... person that began the war ) . But during the five years that succeeded the six , Alyattes the son of Sa- dyattes , who ( as I have before mentioned ) received it from his father , earnestly applied himself to it . None of the Ionians ...
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... persons , he made a proclamation , that when he gave the signal , all the inhabitants should feast together . 22. Thrasybulus contrived and ordered this , to the end that the Sardian herald , seeing so great a profusion of corn , and ...
... persons , he made a proclamation , that when he gave the signal , all the inhabitants should feast together . 22. Thrasybulus contrived and ordered this , to the end that the Sardian herald , seeing so great a profusion of corn , and ...
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... person of one of his sons . For Croesus had two sons , of whom one was grievously afflicted , for he was dumb ; but the other , whose name was Atys , far surpassed all the young men of his age . Now the dream intimated to Croesus that ...
... person of one of his sons . For Croesus had two sons , of whom one was grievously afflicted , for he was dumb ; but the other , whose name was Atys , far surpassed all the young men of his age . Now the dream intimated to Croesus that ...
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... persons to different places , some to Delphi , some to Abæ of Phocis , and some to Dodona ; others were sent to Amphiaraus and Tro- phonius , and others to Branchide of Milesia : these were the Grecian oracles to which Croesus sent to ...
... persons to different places , some to Delphi , some to Abæ of Phocis , and some to Dodona ; others were sent to Amphiaraus and Tro- phonius , and others to Branchide of Milesia : these were the Grecian oracles to which Croesus sent to ...
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