Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 29
... forming his con- jecture on the following reasons : seeing the smith's two bel- lows he discerned in them the two winds , and in the anvil and hammer the stroke answering to stroke , and in the iron that was being forged the woe that ...
... forming his con- jecture on the following reasons : seeing the smith's two bel- lows he discerned in them the two winds , and in the anvil and hammer the stroke answering to stroke , and in the iron that was being forged the woe that ...
Page 34
... forming these plans the whole suburbs were filled with serpents , and when they appeared , the horses , forsaking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Croesus beheld this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy ...
... forming these plans the whole suburbs were filled with serpents , and when they appeared , the horses , forsaking their pastures , came and devoured them . When Croesus beheld this , he considered it to be , as it really was , a prodigy ...
Page 36
... 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 ; the other side urging that those survivors had fled , and that ...
... 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 ; the other side urging that those survivors had fled , and that ...
Page 39
... formed by the interpreters of what Croesus had said , relented , and considering that being but a man , he was yet going to burn another man alive , who had been no way inferior to himself in prosperity ; and moreover fearing ...
... formed by the interpreters of what Croesus had said , relented , and considering that being but a man , he was yet going to burn another man alive , who had been no way inferior to himself in prosperity ; and moreover fearing ...
Page 48
... formed by them of every particular ; and he afterwards gave this Mandane , when arrived at a marriageable age , to no one of the Medes who was worthy of her , through dread of the vision ; but to a Persian , named Cambyses , whom he ...
... formed by them of every particular ; and he afterwards gave this Mandane , when arrived at a marriageable age , to no one of the Medes who was worthy of her , through dread of the vision ; but to a Persian , named Cambyses , whom he ...
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