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 63
... never buried until it has been torn by some bird or dog ; but I know for a certainty that the Magi do this , for they do it openly . The Persians then , having covered the body with wax , conceal it in the ground . The Magi differ very ...
... never buried until it has been torn by some bird or dog ; but I know for a certainty that the Magi do this , for they do it openly . The Persians then , having covered the body with wax , conceal it in the ground . The Magi differ very ...
Page 65
... never eat with their husbands , nor ever call them by the name of husband , because they had killed their fathers , their husbands , and their children , and then , after so doing , had forced them to become their wives . This was done ...
... never eat with their husbands , nor ever call them by the name of husband , because they had killed their fathers , their husbands , and their children , and then , after so doing , had forced them to become their wives . This was done ...
Page 67
... never yet afraid of those who in the midst of their city have a place set apart in which they collect and cheat one another by false oaths ; and if I continue in health , not the calamities of the Ionians shall be talked about , but ...
... never yet afraid of those who in the midst of their city have a place set apart in which they collect and cheat one another by false oaths ; and if I continue in health , not the calamities of the Ionians shall be talked about , but ...
Page 68
... never cease to give trouble to me and to themselves . I am in doubt whether it will not be better to reduce them to slavery ; for I appear to have acted like one who , having killed the father , has spared the children ; so I am ...
... never cease to give trouble to me and to themselves . I am in doubt whether it will not be better to reduce them to slavery ; for I appear to have acted like one who , having killed the father , has spared the children ; so I am ...
Page 70
... never more come and consult the oracle about the delivering up of suppliants . " 160. When the Cymæans heard this last answer , they , not wishing to bring destruction on themselves by surrendering Pactyas , or to subject themselves to ...
... never more come and consult the oracle about the delivering up of suppliants . " 160. When the Cymæans heard this last answer , they , not wishing to bring destruction on themselves by surrendering Pactyas , or to subject themselves to ...
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accordingly Ægina Æginetæ afterward Amasis answered Argives Aristagoras Ariston army arrived Asia Astyages Athenians Athens barbarians battle called Cambyses Carians carried cavalry chap Cleomenes commanded consult the oracle Croesus cubits Cyrenæans Cyrus Darius daughter death Delphi Demaratus Egypt Egyptians embassadors engagement Ethiopians expedition father fled flows gave gods gold Grecians Greece Greeks happened Harpagus heard Hellespont herald Hercules Histiæus honor horses hundred inhabitants Ionians island Isthmus Jupiter king Lacedæmonians lake land Leutychides Libya Lydians manner marched Mardonius Medes Megabazus mentioned Milesians Miltiades nations Nile opinion passed Pausanias Pelasgians Peloponnesus Periander perished Persians Phoenicians Pisistratus Polycrates possession Pythian reigned rest revolt river round sacred sacrifice sailed Salamis Samians Samos Sardis Scythians sent ships Smerdis Spartans spoke stades subdued talents temple territory Thebans Themistocles thereupon Thessaly things thousand Thracians tion took whole wife wished women Xerxes