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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... no use in the army's besieging it . And the Lydian king would not destroy their houses , for this reason , that the Milesians , having those habitations , might come out to sow and cultivate the ground , 15-17 . ] CLIO . I.
... no use in the army's besieging it . And the Lydian king would not destroy their houses , for this reason , that the Milesians , having those habitations , might come out to sow and cultivate the ground , 15-17 . ] CLIO . I.
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... reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after having heard of your resolution to build a fleet in order to attack them , than to catch the Lydians at sea , that they may revenge on you the cause of those ...
... reason . But what can you imagine the Islanders more earnestly desire , after having heard of your resolution to build a fleet in order to attack them , than to catch the Lydians at sea , that they may revenge on you the cause of those ...
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... both use the same language ; by which it appears they have taken care to pre- 5 For the reason of their separation , see VI . 137 . serve the character of the language they brought with them 22 [ 56 , 57 . HERODOTUS .
... both use the same language ; by which it appears they have taken care to pre- 5 For the reason of their separation , see VI . 137 . serve the character of the language they brought with them 22 [ 56 , 57 . HERODOTUS .
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... reason then , and because he had se- lected them from all the Greeks , and desired their friendship , the ... reasons : the Lacedæ- monians say , that when this bowl , on its way to Sardis , was off Samos , the Samians having heard of it ...
... reason then , and because he had se- lected them from all the Greeks , and desired their friendship , the ... reasons : the Lacedæ- monians say , that when this bowl , on its way to Sardis , was off Samos , the Samians having heard of it ...
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... reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can- not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for this reason , then , he had recourse to this stratagem , that the cavalry might be useless to Croesus , by which the Lydian ...
... reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can- not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for this reason , then , he had recourse to this stratagem , that the cavalry might be useless to Croesus , by which the Lydian ...
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