Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 44
... Medes . When all throughout the continent were independent , they were again reduced under a despotic go- vernment in the following manner . 96. There was among the Medes a man famous for wisdom , named Deioces , son of Phraortes . This ...
... Medes . When all throughout the continent were independent , they were again reduced under a despotic go- vernment in the following manner . 96. There was among the Medes a man famous for wisdom , named Deioces , son of Phraortes . This ...
Page 45
... Medes to build one city , and having carefully adorned that , to pay less attention to the others . And as the Medes obeyed him in this also , he built lofty and strong walls , which now go under the name of Ecba- tana , 2 one placed in ...
... Medes to build one city , and having carefully adorned that , to pay less attention to the others . And as the Medes obeyed him in this also , he built lofty and strong walls , which now go under the name of Ecba- tana , 2 one placed in ...
Page 46
... Medes into one nation , and ruled over that . The following are the tribes of the Medes , the Busæ , Parataceni , Struchates , Arizanti , Budii , and the Magi . Such are the tribes of the Medes . 102. Deioces had a son , Phraortes , who ...
... Medes into one nation , and ruled over that . The following are the tribes of the Medes , the Busæ , Parataceni , Struchates , Arizanti , Budii , and the Magi . Such are the tribes of the Medes . 102. Deioces had a son , Phraortes , who ...
Page 47
... Medes . 104. The distance from the lake Mæotis to the river Phasis and to Colchis , is a journey of thirty days to a well - girt man , but the route from Colchis to Media is not long , for there is only one nation , the Saspires ...
... Medes . 104. The distance from the lake Mæotis to the river Phasis and to Colchis , is a journey of thirty days to a well - girt man , but the route from Colchis to Media is not long , for there is only one nation , the Saspires ...
Page 48
... Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast , and having made them drunk , put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power , and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh , ( how they took it , I ...
... Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast , and having made them drunk , put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power , and all they had possessed before ; and they took Nineveh , ( how they took it , I ...
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