Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 85
... opinion , is the wisest , which I hear the Venetians , of Illyria , also practise . Once in every year the following course is pursued in every village . Whatever maidens were of a marriageable age , they used to collect together and ...
... opinion , is the wisest , which I hear the Venetians , of Illyria , also practise . Once in every year the following course is pursued in every village . Whatever maidens were of a marriageable age , they used to collect together and ...
Page 89
... opinion as to what he should do : they unanimously advised him to let Tomyris pass with her army into his territory . 207. But Croesus the Lydian , who was present and disapproved this advice , delivered a con- trary opinion to that ...
... opinion as to what he should do : they unanimously advised him to let Tomyris pass with her army into his territory . 207. But Croesus the Lydian , who was present and disapproved this advice , delivered a con- trary opinion to that ...
Page 90
... opinion touching the matter before us , wholly at variance with that already given . For if we shall receive the enemy into this country , there is this danger in so doing , if you are defeated , you will lose , besides , your whole ...
... opinion touching the matter before us , wholly at variance with that already given . For if we shall receive the enemy into this country , there is this danger in so doing , if you are defeated , you will lose , besides , your whole ...
Page 98
... opinion that Egypt was formerly a similar bay ; this stretching from the Northern Sea towards Ethiopia ; and the Arabian Bay , which I am describing , from the south towards Syria ; and that they almost perforated their recesses so as ...
... opinion that Egypt was formerly a similar bay ; this stretching from the Northern Sea towards Ethiopia ; and the Arabian Bay , which I am describing , from the south towards Syria ; and that they almost perforated their recesses so as ...
Page 100
... opinion that the Egyptians commenced their existence with the country which the Ionians call Delta ; but that they always were , since men have been ; and that as the soil gradually increased , many of them remained in their former ...
... opinion that the Egyptians commenced their existence with the country which the Ionians call Delta ; but that they always were , since men have been ; and that as the soil gradually increased , many of them remained in their former ...
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