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It will be sufficient to inform the student in what respect the present translation
professes to differ from those which have preceded it. Five have, at intervals,
made their appearance. The first was that by Beloe, which, though flowing and
easy in ...
It will be sufficient to inform the student in what respect the present translation
professes to differ from those which have preceded it. Five have, at intervals,
made their appearance. The first was that by Beloe, which, though flowing and
easy in ...
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Nor can the present translator hope to be free from some defect, equal perhaps in
extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors. His object, however
, has been to keep as closely to the sense of his author as the idioms of the ...
Nor can the present translator hope to be free from some defect, equal perhaps in
extent to those which he has pointed out in his predecessors. His object, however
, has been to keep as closely to the sense of his author as the idioms of the ...
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... of Thrasybu- lus, at that time king of Miletus, having heard of the answer given
to Alyattes, despatched a messenger to inform him of it, in order that, being aware
of it beforehand, he might form his plans according to present circumstances.
... of Thrasybu- lus, at that time king of Miletus, having heard of the answer given
to Alyattes, despatched a messenger to inform him of it, in order that, being aware
of it beforehand, he might form his plans according to present circumstances.
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To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples, Croesus gave
it in charge to inquire of the oracles, whether he should make war on the
Persians, and if he should unite any other nation as an ally. Accordingly, when
the ...
To the Lydians appointed to convey these presents to the temples, Croesus gave
it in charge to inquire of the oracles, whether he should make war on the
Persians, and if he should unite any other nation as an ally. Accordingly, when
the ...
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... and at that time occupied the country at present called Thessaliotis ; and if I
may conjecture from those Pelasgians settled at Placia and Scy- lace on the
Hellespont, and who once dwelt with the Athenians,5 and whatever other cities,
which, ...
... and at that time occupied the country at present called Thessaliotis ; and if I
may conjecture from those Pelasgians settled at Placia and Scy- lace on the
Hellespont, and who once dwelt with the Athenians,5 and whatever other cities,
which, ...
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| Title | Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr ; with a Geographical and General Index Bohn's classical library |
| Authors | Herodotus, Henry Cary |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 613 pages |
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