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Page 4
... and the Dorians settled in Asia, and he formed an alliance with the
Lacedaemonians ; but before the reign of Croesus all ... retained the supreme
power in obedience to the declaration of an oracle : they reigned for twenty-two
generations, ...
... and the Dorians settled in Asia, and he formed an alliance with the
Lacedaemonians ; but before the reign of Croesus all ... retained the supreme
power in obedience to the declaration of an oracle : they reigned for twenty-two
generations, ...
Page 6
For when the Lydians resented the murder of Candaules, and were up in arms,
the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the following agreement,
that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the Lydians, he should reign ; if
not, ...
For when the Lydians resented the murder of Candaules, and were up in arms,
the partisans of Gyges and the other Lydians came to the following agreement,
that if the oracle should pronounce him king of the Lydians, he should reign ; if
not, ...
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Now this prince, when he obtained the sovereignty, led an army against Myletus
and Smyrna, and took the city of Colophon ; but as he performed no other great
action during his reign of eight and thirty years, we will pass him over, having ...
Now this prince, when he obtained the sovereignty, led an army against Myletus
and Smyrna, and took the city of Colophon ; but as he performed no other great
action during his reign of eight and thirty years, we will pass him over, having ...
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Alyattes the Lydian, having waged this long war against the Milesians, afterwards
died, when he had reigned fifty-seven years. On his recovery from sickness he
dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl, with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that
...
Alyattes the Lydian, having waged this long war against the Milesians, afterwards
died, when he had reigned fifty-seven years. On his recovery from sickness he
dedicated at Delphi a large silver bowl, with a saucer of iron inlaid ; an object that
...
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... the latter had never emigrated, but the former had very often changed their seat
; for under the reign of Deucalion they inhabited the country of Phthiotis ; and in
the time of Dorus, the son of Hellen, the country at the foot of Ossa and Olympus,
...
... the latter had never emigrated, but the former had very often changed their seat
; for under the reign of Deucalion they inhabited the country of Phthiotis ; and in
the time of Dorus, the son of Hellen, the country at the foot of Ossa and Olympus,
...
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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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