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 71
... king of the Medes , entertained at an impious feast , and who assisted Cyrus in ascending the throne . This man , being appointed general by Cyrus on his arrival in Ionia , took several cities by means of earthworks ; for he forced the ...
... king of the Medes , entertained at an impious feast , and who assisted Cyrus in ascending the throne . This man , being appointed general by Cyrus on his arrival in Ionia , took several cities by means of earthworks ; for he forced the ...
Page 105
... king . " These , to the number of two hundred and forty thousand of the Egyp- tian war - tribe , revolted to the Ethiopians on the following oc- casion . In the reign of king Psammitichus garrisons were sta- tioned at Elephantine ...
... king . " These , to the number of two hundred and forty thousand of the Egyp- tian war - tribe , revolted to the Ethiopians on the following oc- casion . In the reign of king Psammitichus garrisons were sta- tioned at Elephantine ...
Page 134
... king of Egypt , erected in the different countries , most of them are evidently no longer in existence , but in Syrian Palestine I myself saw some still remaining , and the inscriptions before mentioned still on them , and the private ...
... king of Egypt , erected in the different countries , most of them are evidently no longer in existence , but in Syrian Palestine I myself saw some still remaining , and the inscriptions before mentioned still on them , and the private ...
Page 135
... king intersected the country for this reason : such of the Egyptians as occupied the cities not on the river , but inland , when the river receded , being in want of water , were forced to use a brackish beverage which they drew from ...
... king intersected the country for this reason : such of the Egyptians as occupied the cities not on the river , but inland , when the river receded , being in want of water , were forced to use a brackish beverage which they drew from ...
Page 141
... king , they said , possessed a great quantity of money , such as no one of the succeeding kings was able to surpass , or even nearly come up to ; and he , wishing to treasure up his wealth in safety , built a chamber of stone , of which ...
... king , they said , possessed a great quantity of money , such as no one of the succeeding kings was able to surpass , or even nearly come up to ; and he , wishing to treasure up his wealth in safety , built a chamber of stone , of which ...
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