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 53
... death did you dispose of the child which I de- livered to you , born of my daughter ? " Harpagus , seeing the herdsman present , had not recourse to falsehood , lest he should be detected and convicted , but said , " O king , when I had ...
... death did you dispose of the child which I de- livered to you , born of my daughter ? " Harpagus , seeing the herdsman present , had not recourse to falsehood , lest he should be detected and convicted , but said , " O king , when I had ...
Page 56
... since informed both what was done regard- ing yourself , and what I suffered at the hands of Astyages because I did not put you to death , but gave you to the f herdsman . If , then , you will follow 56 [ 123 , 124 . HERODOTUS .
... since informed both what was done regard- ing yourself , and what I suffered at the hands of Astyages because I did not put you to death , but gave you to the f herdsman . If , then , you will follow 56 [ 123 , 124 . HERODOTUS .
Page 62
... death for a single crime , nor any private Persian exercise extreme severity against any of his domestics for one fault , but if , on examination , he should find that his misdeeds are more numerous and greater than his services , he ...
... death for a single crime , nor any private Persian exercise extreme severity against any of his domestics for one fault , but if , on examination , he should find that his misdeeds are more numerous and greater than his services , he ...
Page 69
... death at the hands of the Persians . They now demand him , and require the Cymæans to give him up . We , however , though we dread the Persian power , have not yet dared to surrender the suppliant , till it be plainly declared by thee ...
... death at the hands of the Persians . They now demand him , and require the Cymæans to give him up . We , however , though we dread the Persian power , have not yet dared to surrender the suppliant , till it be plainly declared by thee ...
Page 70
... shortly afterward he fell sick and died . 162. On his death Harpagus came down as his successor in the command ; he also was by birth a Mede , the same whom Astyages , king of the Medes , entertained at an 70 [ 160-162 . HERODOTUS .
... shortly afterward he fell sick and died . 162. On his death Harpagus came down as his successor in the command ; he also was by birth a Mede , the same whom Astyages , king of the Medes , entertained at an 70 [ 160-162 . HERODOTUS .
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