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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Page 72
... able to carry , and leaving Cyrnus , sailed to Rhegium . 167. As to the men belonging to the ships destroyed , most of them fell into the hands1 of the 3 A proverbial expression , importing " that the victors suffered more than the ...
... able to carry , and leaving Cyrnus , sailed to Rhegium . 167. As to the men belonging to the ships destroyed , most of them fell into the hands1 of the 3 A proverbial expression , importing " that the victors suffered more than the ...
Page 94
... able , by inquiry , to discover any solution of this question , who were the most ancient of men , he devised the following expedient . He gave two new - born children of poor parents to a shepherd , to be , brought up among his flocks ...
... able , by inquiry , to discover any solution of this question , who were the most ancient of men , he devised the following expedient . He gave two new - born children of poor parents to a shepherd , to be , brought up among his flocks ...
Page 99
... able to inundate the fields ? Now , indeed , they gather in the fruits of the earth with less labor than any other people , and than the rest of the Egyptians , for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plow , nor ...
... able to inundate the fields ? Now , indeed , they gather in the fruits of the earth with less labor than any other people , and than the rest of the Egyptians , for they have not the toil of breaking up the furrows with the plow , nor ...
Page 107
... able to speak about the sources of the Nile , because Libya , through which it flows , is uninhabited and desolate . Respecting this stream , therefore , as far as I was able to reach by inquiry , I have already spoken . It , however ...
... able to speak about the sources of the Nile , because Libya , through which it flows , is uninhabited and desolate . Respecting this stream , therefore , as far as I was able to reach by inquiry , I have already spoken . It , however ...
Page 116
... made diligent search for these women , and were never able to find them , but had afterward heard the account they gave of them . " 55. This , then is the account I heard from the priests at 116 [ 52-55 . HERODOTUS .
... made diligent search for these women , and were never able to find them , but had afterward heard the account they gave of them . " 55. This , then is the account I heard from the priests at 116 [ 52-55 . HERODOTUS .
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