Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... gave the Lacedæmonians an account of the whole matter ; they , having brought a feigned charge against him , sent him into banishment . He then , going back to Tegea , related his mis- fortune to the smith , and wished to hire the ...
... gave the Lacedæmonians an account of the whole matter ; they , having brought a feigned charge against him , sent him into banishment . He then , going back to Tegea , related his mis- fortune to the smith , and wished to hire the ...
Page 30
... gave him advice in these words ( the name of this person was Sandanis ) : " O king , you are pre- paring to make war against a people who wear leather trousers , and the rest of their garments of leather ; who in- habit a barren country ...
... gave him advice in these words ( the name of this person was Sandanis ) : " O king , you are pre- paring to make war against a people who wear leather trousers , and the rest of their garments of leather ; who in- habit a barren country ...
Page 34
... gave to Croesus when he had been already taken ; yet without knowing what had happened with respect to Sardis or Croesus himself . 79. But Cyrus , as soon as Croesus had retreated after the battle at Pteria , having discovered that it ...
... gave to Croesus when he had been already taken ; yet without knowing what had happened with respect to Sardis or Croesus himself . 79. But Cyrus , as soon as Croesus had retreated after the battle at Pteria , having discovered that it ...
Page 38
... gave them this obscure answer , they again inquired what he said : and when they persisted in their inquiries , and were very impor- tunate , he at length told them , that Solon , an Athenian , for- merly visited him , and having viewed ...
... gave them this obscure answer , they again inquired what he said : and when they persisted in their inquiries , and were very impor- tunate , he at length told them , that Solon , an Athenian , for- merly visited him , and having viewed ...
Page 41
... gave this an- swer to the Lydians , and they carried it back to Sardis , and reported it to Croesus , and he , when he heard it , acknowledged 1 Cræsus was the fifth descendant of Gyges , if we include the two ex- tremes ; for the house ...
... gave this an- swer to the Lydians , and they carried it back to Sardis , and reported it to Croesus , and he , when he heard it , acknowledged 1 Cræsus was the fifth descendant of Gyges , if we include the two ex- tremes ; for the house ...
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