Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 11
... wall . The distance between the old town , which was then besieged , and the temple , is seven stadia . Croesus then attacked these the first , and afterwards the several cities of the Ionians and Eolians one after another , alleging ...
... wall . The distance between the old town , which was then besieged , and the temple , is seven stadia . Croesus then attacked these the first , and afterwards the several cities of the Ionians and Eolians one after another , alleging ...
Page 35
... walls , were besieged by the Persians . : 81. Siege was then laid to them ; but Croesus , think- ing it would last a long time , sent other messengers from the city to his allies ; for those who were before sent requested them to ...
... walls , were besieged by the Persians . : 81. Siege was then laid to them ; but Croesus , think- ing it would last a long time , sent other messengers from the city to his allies ; for those who were before sent requested them to ...
Page 37
... wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles , having caused it to be carried round the rest of the wall , where the citadel was exposed to assault , neglected this , as altogether unassailable and precipitous : this is the quarter of ...
... wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but Meles , having caused it to be carried round the rest of the wall , where the citadel was exposed to assault , neglected this , as altogether unassailable and precipitous : this is the quarter of ...
Page 45
... walls , which now go under the name of Ecba- tana , 2 one placed in a circle within the other ; and this fortifi- cation is so contrived , that each circle was raised above the other by the height of the battlements only . The situation ...
... walls , which now go under the name of Ecba- tana , 2 one placed in a circle within the other ; and this fortifi- cation is so contrived , that each circle was raised above the other by the height of the battlements only . The situation ...
Page 63
... walls , and met together at the Panionium , with the exception of the Milesians ; for Cyrus made an alliance with them only , on the same terms as the Lydians had done . The rest of the Ionians resolved unanimously to send ambassadors ...
... walls , and met together at the Panionium , with the exception of the Milesians ; for Cyrus made an alliance with them only , on the same terms as the Lydians had done . The rest of the Ionians resolved unanimously to send ambassadors ...
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