Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... becoming demeanour , they drove her to the city , having sent heralds before , who , on their arrival in the city , proclaimed what was ordered in these terms : " O Athenians , receive with kind wishes Pisistratus , whom Mi- nerva ...
... becoming demeanour , they drove her to the city , having sent heralds before , who , on their arrival in the city , proclaimed what was ordered in these terms : " O Athenians , receive with kind wishes Pisistratus , whom Mi- nerva ...
Page 28
... become superior in the war , and they became so in the following manner : when they had always been worsted in battle by the Tegeans , they sent to inquire of the oracle at Delphi , what god they should pro- pitiate , in order to become ...
... become superior in the war , and they became so in the following manner : when they had always been worsted in battle by the Tegeans , they sent to inquire of the oracle at Delphi , what god they should pro- pitiate , in order to become ...
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... become fond of them , nor will they be driven from them . As for me , I thank the gods , that they have not put it into the thoughts of the Persians to make war on the Lydians . " In saying this , he did not persuade Crœsus . Now before ...
... become fond of them , nor will they be driven from them . As for me , I thank the gods , that they have not put it into the thoughts of the Persians to make war on the Lydians . " In saying this , he did not persuade Crœsus . Now before ...
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... become brother - in - law to Croesus in the following manner : a band of Scythian nomades having risen in rebel- lion , withdrew into Media : at that time Cyaxares , son of Phraortes , grandson of Deioces , ruled over the Medes ; he ...
... become brother - in - law to Croesus in the following manner : a band of Scythian nomades having risen in rebel- lion , withdrew into Media : at that time Cyaxares , son of Phraortes , grandson of Deioces , ruled over the Medes ; he ...
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... become my enemy instead of my friend ? " He answered : " O king , I have done this for your good but my own evil fortune , and the god of the Greeks who encou- raged me to make war is the cause of all . For no man is so void of ...
... become my enemy instead of my friend ? " He answered : " O king , I have done this for your good but my own evil fortune , and the god of the Greeks who encou- raged me to make war is the cause of all . For no man is so void of ...
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