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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... respect infe- rior , he married his own mistress . ” The Pythian gave this answer to the Lydians , and they carried it back to Sardis , and reported it to Croesus , and he , when he heard it , acknowledged 1 Croesus was the fifth ...
... respect infe- rior , he married his own mistress . ” The Pythian gave this answer to the Lydians , and they carried it back to Sardis , and reported it to Croesus , and he , when he heard it , acknowledged 1 Croesus was the fifth ...
Page 42
... respect- ing the offerings . 93. The Lydian territory does not present many wonders worthy of description , like some other countries , except the gold dust brought down from Mount Tmolus . It exhibits , however , one work the greatest ...
... respect- ing the offerings . 93. The Lydian territory does not present many wonders worthy of description , like some other countries , except the gold dust brought down from Mount Tmolus . It exhibits , however , one work the greatest ...
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... respect , and all was ready , Harpagus , wishing to dis- cover his designs to Cyrus , who resided in Persia , and hav- ing no other way left , because the roads were all guarded , contrived the following artifice . Having cunningly ...
... respect , and all was ready , Harpagus , wishing to dis- cover his designs to Cyrus , who resided in Persia , and hav- ing no other way left , because the roads were all guarded , contrived the following artifice . Having cunningly ...
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... respect , and that others make approaches to excellence according to the fore- going gradations , but that they are the worst who live farthest from them . During the empire of the Medes , each nation ruled over its next neighbor , the ...
... respect , and that others make approaches to excellence according to the fore- going gradations , but that they are the worst who live farthest from them . During the empire of the Medes , each nation ruled over its next neighbor , the ...
Page 69
... respecting Pactyas that would be most pleasing to the gods : " the an- swer to their question was , that they should deliver up Pac- tyas to the Persians . When the Cymæans heard this answer reported , they determined to give him up ...
... respecting Pactyas that would be most pleasing to the gods : " the an- swer to their question was , that they should deliver up Pac- tyas to the Persians . When the Cymæans heard this answer reported , they determined to give him up ...
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