The Histories of HerodotusD. Appleton, 1899 - 568 pages |
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... happened with respect to Sardis or Croesus himself . But Cyrus , as soon as Croesus had retreated after the bat- tle at Pteria , having discovered that it was the intention of Creesus to disband his army , found , upon deliberation ...
... happened with respect to Sardis or Croesus himself . But Cyrus , as soon as Croesus had retreated after the bat- tle at Pteria , having discovered that it was the intention of Creesus to disband his army , found , upon deliberation ...
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... happened , leaped from their horses and engaged with the Persians on foot ; at last , when many had fallen on both sides , the Lydians were put to flight , and being shut up within the walls , were besieged by the Persians . Siege was ...
... happened , leaped from their horses and engaged with the Persians on foot ; at last , when many had fallen on both sides , the Lydians were put to flight , and being shut up within the walls , were besieged by the Persians . Siege was ...
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... happened that his wife , whose confinement had been daily expected , was brought to bed while he was absent in the city . And each had been in a state of anxiety for the other ; he being alarmed about his wife's delivery , and the woman ...
... happened that his wife , whose confinement had been daily expected , was brought to bed while he was absent in the city . And each had been in a state of anxiety for the other ; he being alarmed about his wife's delivery , and the woman ...
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... happened . But when the son of Harpagus arrived , having slain and cut him into joints , Astyages roasted some parts of his flesh and boiled others , and having had them well dressed , kept them in readi- ness . At the appointed hour ...
... happened . But when the son of Harpagus arrived , having slain and cut him into joints , Astyages roasted some parts of his flesh and boiled others , and having had them well dressed , kept them in readi- ness . At the appointed hour ...
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... happened they affirm that if the matter were thoroughly searched into they would be found to have been committed by supposititious children or those born in adultery , for they hold it utterly improbable that a true father should be mur ...
... happened they affirm that if the matter were thoroughly searched into they would be found to have been committed by supposititious children or those born in adultery , for they hold it utterly improbable that a true father should be mur ...
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Page 137 - During this time, they related, that the sun had four times risen out of his usual quarter, and that he had twice risen where he now sets, and twice set where he now rises...
Page 226 - A great part of Asia was explored under the direction of Darius. He being desirous to know in what part the Indus, which is the second river that produces crocodiles, discharges itself into the sea, sent in ships both others on whom he could rely to make a true report, and also Scylax of Caryanda. They accordingly, setting out from the city of Caspatyrus and the country of Pactyice...
Page 111 - ... still less ; and there were great numbers of them. The place in which these spinal bones lie scattered, is of the following description : it is a narrow pass between two mountains into a spacious plain ; this plain is contiguous to the plain of Egypt : it is reported, that at the beginning of spring, winged serpents fly from Arabia towards Egypt ; but that ibises, a sort of bird, meet...
Page 218 - Italy 340 years after the second disappearance of Aristeas, as I discovered by computation in Proconnesus and Metapontium. The Metapontines say that Aristeas himself, having appeared in their country, exhorted them to erect an altar to Apollo, and to place near it a statue bearing the name of Aristeas the Proconnesian; for he said that Apollo had visited their country only of all the Italians, and that he himself, who was now Aristeas, accompanied him; and that when he accompanied the god he was...
Page 140 - The water in this lake does not spring from the soil, for these parts are excessively dry, but it is conveyed through a channel from the Nile, and for six months it flows into the lake, and six months out again into the Nile.
Page 279 - They live in the following manner ; every man has a hut on the planks, in which he dwells, with a trap-door closely fitted in the planks, and leading down to the lake. They tie the young children with a cord round the foot, fearing lest they should fall into the lake beneath. To their horses and beasts of burden they give fish for fodder ; of which there is such an abundance, that when a man has opened his trap-door, he lets down an empty basket by a cord into the lake, and, after waiting a short...
Page 92 - ... Respecting the nature of this river, I was unable to gain any information, either from the priests or any one else. I was very desirous, however, of learning from them why the Nile, beginning at the summer solstice, fills and overflows for a hundred days ; and when it has nearly completed this number of days, falls short in its stream, and retires ; so that it continues low all the winter, until the return of the summer solstice.
Page 196 - Towards the north of Europe there is evidently a very great quantity of gold, but how procured I am unable to say with certainty ; though it is said that the Arimaspians, a oneeyed people, steal it from the griffins. Neither do I believe this, that men are born with one eye, and yet in other respects resemble the rest of mankind.
Page 301 - The Athenians accordingly increased in power. And equality of rights shows, not in one instance only, but in every way, what an excellent thing it is. For the Athenians, when governed by tyrants, were superior in war to none of their neighbours ; but when freed from tyrants, became by far the first; this, then, shows that as long as they were oppressed they purposely acted as cowards, as labouring for a master ; but when they were free every man was zealous to labour for himself.
Page 358 - ... and being poured from this into another, it assumes three different forms : the asphalt and the salt immediately become solid, but the oil they collect, and the Persians call it rhadinace ; it is black and emits a strong odour.