Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money , showed great zeal in the cause . 62. Having set out from Eretria , they came back in the eleventh year of ...
... arrived from Peloponnesus ; and a man of Naxos , named Lygdamis , who had come as a volunteer , and brought both men and money , showed great zeal in the cause . 62. Having set out from Eretria , they came back in the eleventh year of ...
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... arrived at the river Halys , Croesus transported his forces , as I believe , by the bridges which are now there . But the common opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi- lesian procured him a passage . For , whilst Croesus was ...
... arrived at the river Halys , Croesus transported his forces , as I believe , by the bridges which are now there . But the common opinion of the Grecians is , that Thales the Mi- lesian procured him a passage . For , whilst Croesus was ...
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... arrived there , and learnt from the Telmessians what the prodigy portended , were un- able to report it to Croesus ... arrival , would sub- due the natives , because , they said , the serpent is a son of the earth , but the horse is an ...
... arrived there , and learnt from the Telmessians what the prodigy portended , were un- able to report it to Croesus ... arrival , would sub- due the natives , because , they said , the serpent is a son of the earth , but the horse is an ...
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... arrived , and requested them to assist Croesus , who was besieged in Sardis ; they , how- ever , no sooner heard the ambassadors ' report , than they made preparations to succour him . But when they were now pre- pared to set out , and ...
... arrived , and requested them to assist Croesus , who was besieged in Sardis ; they , how- ever , no sooner heard the ambassadors ' report , than they made preparations to succour him . But when they were now pre- pared to set out , and ...
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... arrived at Delphi , and had delivered their message , the Pythian is reported to have made this answer : " The god himself even cannot avoid the decrees of fate ; and Croesus has atoned the crime of his ancestor in the fifth generation ...
... arrived at Delphi , and had delivered their message , the Pythian is reported to have made this answer : " The god himself even cannot avoid the decrees of fate ; and Croesus has atoned the crime of his ancestor in the fifth generation ...
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