Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Bache with a Geographical and General IndexHenry G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... king's daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . They add , that while these women were standing near the stern of the vessel , and were bargain- ing for such things as most pleased them , the ...
... king's daughter , whose name , as the Greeks also say , was Io , daughter of Inachus . They add , that while these women were standing near the stern of the vessel , and were bargain- ing for such things as most pleased them , the ...
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... king . But the Pythian added this , " that the Heraclidæ should be avenged on the fifth descendant of Gyges . " Of this prediction neither the Lydians nor their kings took any notice until it was actually accomplished . 1 14. Thus the ...
... king . But the Pythian added this , " that the Heraclidæ should be avenged on the fifth descendant of Gyges . " Of this prediction neither the Lydians nor their kings took any notice until it was actually accomplished . 1 14. Thus the ...
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... king divided the whole people into two parts , and cast lots which should remain and which quit the country , and over that part whose lot it should be to stay he appointed him- self king ; and over that part which was to emigrate he ap ...
... king divided the whole people into two parts , and cast lots which should remain and which quit the country , and over that part whose lot it should be to stay he appointed him- self king ; and over that part which was to emigrate he ap ...
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... king , Deioces was unanimously preferred and commended ; so that at last they agreed that he should be their king . But he required them to build him a palace suitable to the dignity of a king , and guards for the security of his person ...
... king , Deioces was unanimously preferred and commended ; so that at last they agreed that he should be their king . But he required them to build him a palace suitable to the dignity of a king , and guards for the security of his person ...
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... king . He answered them as follows : " The boy is and still survives , and while living in the country , the boys of the village made him king , and he has already performed all such things as kings really do , for he has appointed ...
... king . He answered them as follows : " The boy is and still survives , and while living in the country , the boys of the village made him king , and he has already performed all such things as kings really do , for he has appointed ...
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