Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 79
... reigned over Babylon , whom I shall mention in my Assyrian history , who beau- tified the walls and temples , and amongst them were two women . The first of these , named Semiramis , lived five gener- ations before the other ; she ...
... reigned over Babylon , whom I shall mention in my Assyrian history , who beau- tified the walls and temples , and amongst them were two women . The first of these , named Semiramis , lived five gener- ations before the other ; she ...
Page 92
... reigned twenty - nine years . But Tomyris , having filled a skin with human blood , sought for the body of Cyrus among the slain of the Persians , and having found it , thrust the head into the skin , and insulting the dead body , said ...
... reigned twenty - nine years . But Tomyris , having filled a skin with human blood , sought for the body of Cyrus among the slain of the Persians , and having found it , thrust the head into the skin , and insulting the dead body , said ...
Page 95
... carve the figures of animals on stone ; and most of these things they proved were so in fact . They added , that Menes was the first mortal who reigned over Egypt , and that in his time all Egypt , 3 , 4. ] 95 EUTERPE . II .
... carve the figures of animals on stone ; and most of these things they proved were so in fact . They added , that Menes was the first mortal who reigned over Egypt , and that in his time all Egypt , 3 , 4. ] 95 EUTERPE . II .
Page 131
... reigned , was the same as that of the Baby- lonian queen , Nitocris : they said that she avenged her brother , 2 That is , those of Arabia and Libya . whom the Egyptians had slain , while reigning over them K 2 98-100 . ] 131 EUTERPE . II .
... reigned , was the same as that of the Baby- lonian queen , Nitocris : they said that she avenged her brother , 2 That is , those of Arabia and Libya . whom the Egyptians had slain , while reigning over them K 2 98-100 . ] 131 EUTERPE . II .
Page 146
... reigned fifty years ; and when he died , his brother Chephren succeeded to the kingdom ; and he followed the same prac- tices as the other , both in other respects , and in building a pyramid ; which does not come up to the dimensions ...
... reigned fifty years ; and when he died , his brother Chephren succeeded to the kingdom ; and he followed the same prac- tices as the other , both in other respects , and in building a pyramid ; which does not come up to the dimensions ...
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