Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... present volume . It will be sufficient to inform the student in what re- spect the present translation professes to differ from those which have preceded it . Five have , at intervals , made their appearance . The first was that by ...
... present volume . It will be sufficient to inform the student in what re- spect the present translation professes to differ from those which have preceded it . Five have , at intervals , made their appearance . The first was that by ...
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... 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 two ...
... 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 two ...
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... present circumstances . This is the Milesian account . 21. Alyattes , when the above an- 2 Assesus was a small town dependent on Miletus . Minerva had a temple there , and hence took the name of the Assesian Minerva . Larcher . swer was ...
... present circumstances . This is the Milesian account . 21. Alyattes , when the above an- 2 Assesus was a small town dependent on Miletus . Minerva had a temple there , and hence took the name of the Assesian Minerva . Larcher . swer was ...
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... 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 Lydians arrived at the places to ...
... 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 Lydians arrived at the places to ...
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... 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 Atheni- ans , and whatever other cities , which , though really Pelas- gian ...
... 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 Atheni- ans , and whatever other cities , which , though really Pelas- gian ...
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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