Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General IndexHarper & Bros., 1855 - 613 pages |
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... Darius the Persian afterward com- pleted . Its length is a voyage of four days , and in width it was dug so that two triremes might sail rowed abreast . The water is drawn into it from the Nile , and it enters it a little above the city ...
... Darius the Persian afterward com- pleted . Its length is a voyage of four days , and in width it was dug so that two triremes might sail rowed abreast . The water is drawn into it from the Nile , and it enters it a little above the city ...
Page 174
... Darius , by Inarus the Libyan . 13. The Egyptians , when they were defeated , fled in com- plete disorder from the battle . When they had shut them- selves up in Memphis , Cambyses sent a Mitylenæan bark up the river , with a Persian ...
... Darius , by Inarus the Libyan . 13. The Egyptians , when they were defeated , fled in com- plete disorder from the battle . When they had shut them- selves up in Memphis , Cambyses sent a Mitylenæan bark up the river , with a Persian ...
Page 201
... Darius to the confederacy . 71. These seven having met , exchanged pledges with each other and conferred together . When it came to the turn of Darius to declare his opinion , he addressed them as follows : " I thought that I was the ...
... Darius to the confederacy . 71. These seven having met , exchanged pledges with each other and conferred together . When it came to the turn of Darius to declare his opinion , he addressed them as follows : " I thought that I was the ...
Page 202
... Darius so eager , replied , " Since you compel us to pre- cipitate our enterprise , and will not permit us to defer it , come , do you tell us in what way we are to enter the palace and attack them ; for you yourself know , if not ...
... Darius so eager , replied , " Since you compel us to pre- cipitate our enterprise , and will not permit us to defer it , come , do you tell us in what way we are to enter the palace and attack them ; for you yourself know , if not ...
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... Darius , and that on breaking up this confer- ence we go nowhere else but direct to the magus . " Thus spoke Gobryas , and all assented to his proposal . 74. While they were deliberating on these things , the fol- lowing events happened ...
... Darius , and that on breaking up this confer- ence we go nowhere else but direct to the magus . " Thus spoke Gobryas , and all assented to his proposal . 74. While they were deliberating on these things , the fol- lowing events happened ...
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