Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... customs . It is not their practice to erect statues , or temples , or altars , but they charge those with folly 7 According to Herodotus , Deioces reigned 53 years Phraortes Cyaxares . Astyages 22 • 40 35 • 150 If from this number we ...
... customs . It is not their practice to erect statues , or temples , or altars , but they charge those with folly 7 According to Herodotus , Deioces reigned 53 years Phraortes Cyaxares . Astyages 22 • 40 35 • 150 If from this number we ...
Page 60
... custom to honour their birth - day above all other days ; and on this day they furnish their table in a more ... customs are observed to this day . They are used to debate the most important affairs when intoxicated ; but whatever they ...
... custom to honour their birth - day above all other days ; and on this day they furnish their table in a more ... customs are observed to this day . They are used to debate the most important affairs when intoxicated ; but whatever they ...
Page 61
... custom , whether those who meet are equals . For instead of accosting one another , they kiss on the mouth ; if one ... customs ; for they wear the Medic costume , thinking it handsomer than their own ; and in war they use the Egyptian ...
... custom , whether those who meet are equals . For instead of accosting one another , they kiss on the mouth ; if one ... customs ; for they wear the Medic costume , thinking it handsomer than their own ; and in war they use the Egyptian ...
Page 62
... custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I much approve of the above custom , as also of the following , that not even the king is allowed to put any one to death for a single ...
... custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I much approve of the above custom , as also of the following , that not even the king is allowed to put any one to death for a single ...
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... custom , let it remain as it ex- isted from the first . I will now return to my former subject . 141. The Ionians and Eolians , as soon as the Lydians were subdued by the Persians , sent ambassadors to Cyrus at Sardis , wishing to ...
... custom , let it remain as it ex- isted from the first . I will now return to my former subject . 141. The Ionians and Eolians , as soon as the Lydians were subdued by the Persians , sent ambassadors to Cyrus at Sardis , wishing to ...
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