Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hundred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought ...
... reigned for twenty - two generations , a space of five hundred and five years , the son succeeding to the father to the time of Candaules , son of Myrsus . 8. This Candaules then was enamoured of his own wife , and being so , thought ...
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... reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomades , passed into Asia , and pos- sessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . 16. When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son ...
... reigned at Sardis , the Cimmerians , being driven from their seats by the Scythian nomades , passed into Asia , and pos- sessed themselves of all Sardis except the citadel . 16. When Ardys had reigned forty - nine years , his son ...
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... reigned fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness he dedi- cated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron in- laid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at Delphi . It was made by Glaucus the ...
... reigned fifty - seven years . On his recovery from sickness he dedi- cated at Delphi a large silver bowl , with a saucer of iron in- laid ; an object that deserves attention above all the offerings at Delphi . It was made by Glaucus the ...
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... ( for he had made an alliance with them also , and Labynetus at this time reigned over the Babylonians , ) and to require the presence of D the Lacedæmonians at a fixed time : having collected these 76 , 77. ] 33 CLIO . I.
... ( for he had made an alliance with them also , and Labynetus at this time reigned over the Babylonians , ) and to require the presence of D the Lacedæmonians at a fixed time : having collected these 76 , 77. ] 33 CLIO . I.
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... reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , con- ducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon ...
... reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , con- ducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon ...
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