| Herodotus - 1824 - 388 pages
...stay to arrogance and rashness, transported with indignation, he sent out the Medes and the Cissians, with orders to take them alive, and bring them into his presence. When the Medes rushed upon the Greeks with great impetuosity, many of them fell ; to these others succeeded, and though... | |
| Herodotus - 1824 - 366 pages
...stay to arrogance and rashness, transported with indignation, he sent out the Medes and the Cissians, with orders to take them alive, and bring them into his presence. When the Medes rushed upon the Greeks with great impetuosity, many of them fell ; to these others succeeded, and though... | |
| Herodotus - 1860 - 588 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers : others however took... | |
| Herodotus - 1860 - 586 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers : others however took... | |
| Herodotus - 1875 - 588 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers : others however took... | |
| Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1890 - 938 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers. Others however took... | |
| Herodotus - 1892 - 630 pages
...his army." He answered, " O king, deal with me as with a liar if these things do not turn out as I say." • 210. By saying this he did not convince...made it evident to every one, and not least of all to Ihe king himself, that they were indeed many men, but few soldiers. The engagement lasted through the... | |
| Victor Duruy - 1892 - 396 pages
...TTTKRMOPYLAr. force at Thermopylai showed no intention of retreating, Xerxes sent a body of Median troops with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. The Medes attacked, but were repulsed with great loss ; others followed to the charge, and also lost... | |
| Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers: others, however, took... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 pages
...stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers: others, however, took... | |
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