Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 36
... continued at his post . On the next day both armies , being in- formed of the event , met again in the same place ; and for a time both laid claim to the victory ; the one side alleging that the greater number of their men survived ...
... continued at his post . On the next day both armies , being in- formed of the event , met again in the same place ; and for a time both laid claim to the victory ; the one side alleging that the greater number of their men survived ...
Page 38
... continued to speak during the remainder of his life . 86. So the Persians got possession of Sardis , and made Croesus prisoner , after he had reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the ...
... continued to speak during the remainder of his life . 86. So the Persians got possession of Sardis , and made Croesus prisoner , after he had reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the ...
Page 57
... continued , " I re- quire you to attend me , every man with a sickle . " Cyrus then issued such an order . Now the Persians are divided into many tribes ; and some of them Cyrus assembled together , and persuaded to revolt from the ...
... continued , " I re- quire you to attend me , every man with a sickle . " Cyrus then issued such an order . Now the Persians are divided into many tribes ; and some of them Cyrus assembled together , and persuaded to revolt from the ...
Page 86
... continued to exist . They have lately adopted another regulation to pre- vent them from ill - treating the women , or carrying them away to another city ; for now that , since the taking of the city , they have been harshly treated ...
... continued to exist . They have lately adopted another regulation to pre- vent them from ill - treating the women , or carrying them away to another city ; for now that , since the taking of the city , they have been harshly treated ...
Page 92
... continued fighting for a long time , and neither were willing to give way ; but at length the Massa- getæ got the better , and the greater part of the Persian army was cut in pieces on the spot , and Cyrus himself killed , after he had ...
... continued fighting for a long time , and neither were willing to give way ; but at length the Massa- getæ got the better , and the greater part of the Persian army was cut in pieces on the spot , and Cyrus himself killed , after he had ...
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