 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...three hundred myriads." This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...three hundred myriads." This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1885 - 272 pages
...hundred Spartans : — " Go, stranger ! tell the Lacedaemonians, here We lie, obedient to their stern commands ! " An engraved monument was also erected to Megistias, the augur, by his friend Simonides, and was as follows: — " The monument of famed Megistias, Slain by the Medes what time they passed... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...three hundred myriad's." This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 438 pages
...pass of Thermopylae against the myriads of Xerxes. He tells us that this epigram ran as follows : — Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands.* A still more ancient inscription of this character is preserved, which is attributed to Cleobulus,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 436 pages
...pass of Thermopylae against the myriads of Xerxes. He tells us that this epigram ran as follows : — Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands.* A still more ancient inscription of this character is preserved, which is attributed to Cleobulus,... | |
 | E. E. G. - 1903 - 752 pages
...into the pass under the lash ; not by Persian might but by treachery alone was Thermopylae taken.1 " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here obedient to their commands." " Either your great and glorious city shall be destroyed by the sons of Perseus, or the watchers of... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 610 pages
...stone lion raised to his memory at the entrance to the pass, and of the inscription placed over all : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." When he pronounced these words, there went up a shout from the assembled multitude, which rent the... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 pages
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." — Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (484?-425? B. c.) was... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." —Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (4847-425? B. c.) was... | |
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This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument... 
