Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... 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 made this mention of him . 15. I will pro- ceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor ...
... 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 made this mention of him . 15. I will pro- ceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor ...
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... took place between them , on terms of mutual friendship and alliance . And Alyattes built two temples to Minerva at Assesus , instead of one , and himself recovered from sickness . Such were the circumstances of the war that Alyattes ...
... took place between them , on terms of mutual friendship and alliance . And Alyattes built two temples to Minerva at Assesus , instead of one , and himself recovered from sickness . Such were the circumstances of the war that Alyattes ...
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... took possession of Marathon . But when they heard that he was marching from Marathon against the city , they at length went out to resist him ; so they marched with their whole force against the invaders . In the mean time Pisistratus's ...
... took possession of Marathon . But when they heard that he was marching from Marathon against the city , they at length went out to resist him ; so they marched with their whole force against the invaders . In the mean time Pisistratus's ...
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... took it away by force . On the other hand the Samians affirm , that when the Lacedæmonians who were con- veying the bowl found they were too late , and heard that Sardis was taken , and Crœsus a prisoner , they sold the bowl in Samos ...
... took it away by force . On the other hand the Samians affirm , that when the Lacedæmonians who were con- veying the bowl found they were too late , and heard that Sardis was taken , and Crœsus a prisoner , they sold the bowl in Samos ...
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... took the city of the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places , and expelled the inhabit- ants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus , having assembled his own army , and having taken ...
... took the city of the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places , and expelled the inhabit- ants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus , having assembled his own army , and having taken ...
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