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 38
... reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , con- ducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon ...
... reigned fourteen years , been besieged fourteen days , and lost his great empire , as the oracle had predicted . The Persians , having taken him , con- ducted him to Cyrus ; and he , having heaped up a great pile , placed Croesus upon ...
Page 46
... reigned twenty - two years . 103. When Phraortes was dead , Cyaxares his son , grand- son of Deioces , succeeded him . He is said to have been more warlike than his ancestors . He first divided the people of Asia into cohorts , and ...
... reigned twenty - two years . 103. When Phraortes was dead , Cyaxares his son , grand- son of Deioces , succeeded him . He is said to have been more warlike than his ancestors . He first divided the people of Asia into cohorts , and ...
Page 48
... reigned forty years , including the time of the Scythian dominion . 107. Astyages , the son of Cyaxares , succeeded him in the kingdom . He had a daughter , to whom he gave the name of Mandane . He dreamed that she made so great a ...
... reigned forty years , including the time of the Scythian dominion . 107. Astyages , the son of Cyaxares , succeeded him in the kingdom . He had a daughter , to whom he gave the name of Mandane . He dreamed that she made so great a ...
Page 59
... reigned thirty - five years , was thus deposed ; and by 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 ...
... reigned thirty - five years , was thus deposed ; and by 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 ...
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... reigned eighty years over Tartessus , and lived to the age of one hundred and twenty . The Phocæans became such great favorites with him , that he at first solicited them to abandon Ionia , and to settle in any part of his territory ...
... reigned eighty years over Tartessus , and lived to the age of one hundred and twenty . The Phocæans became such great favorites with him , that he at first solicited them to abandon Ionia , and to settle in any part of his territory ...
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