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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... reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for this reason , then , he had recourse to this stratagem , that the cavalry might be useless to Croesus , by which the Lydian ...
... reason ; a horse is afraid of a camel , and can not endure either to see its form or to scent its smell : for this reason , then , he had recourse to this stratagem , that the cavalry might be useless to Croesus , by which the Lydian ...
Page 46
... reason , that those who were his equals , and who were brought up with him , and of no meaner family , nor inferior to him in manly qualities , might not , when they saw him , grieve and conspire against him ; but that he might appear ...
... reason , that those who were his equals , and who were brought up with him , and of no meaner family , nor inferior to him in manly qualities , might not , when they saw him , grieve and conspire against him ; but that he might appear ...
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... reason of a vain dream ; but you survive by your own destiny . Now go in happiness to Persia , and I will send an escort to at- tend you when you arrive there , you will find a father and mother very different from the herdsman ...
... reason of a vain dream ; but you survive by your own destiny . Now go in happiness to Persia , and I will send an escort to at- tend you when you arrive there , you will find a father and mother very different from the herdsman ...
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... reason of his cruelty , the Medes bent under the Persian yoke after they had ruled over all Asia beyond the river Halys for the space of one hundred and twenty - eight years , excepting the interval of the Scythian dominion . At a later ...
... reason of his cruelty , the Medes bent under the Persian yoke after they had ruled over all Asia beyond the river Halys for the space of one hundred and twenty - eight years , excepting the interval of the Scythian dominion . At a later ...
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... reason of this custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I ... reasons , but especially because they think that one who is in debt must of necessity tell lies . Whosoever of the ...
... reason of this custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I ... reasons , but especially because they think that one who is in debt must of necessity tell lies . Whosoever of the ...
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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