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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... river , being turned into this from its old channel , might pass in the rear of the camp pitched where it then was , and afterward , having passed by the camp , might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river was ...
... river , being turned into this from its old channel , might pass in the rear of the camp pitched where it then was , and afterward , having passed by the camp , might fall into its former course ; so that as soon as the river was ...
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... river Halys . He assembled the forces of all his subjects , and marched against Nineveh to avenge his father , and destroy that city . However , when he had obtained a victory over the Assyrians , and while he was besieging Nineveh , a ...
... river Halys . He assembled the forces of all his subjects , and marched against Nineveh to avenge his father , and destroy that city . However , when he had obtained a victory over the Assyrians , and while he was besieging Nineveh , a ...
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... river , nor defile the stream with urine , nor do they allow any one else to do so , but they pay extreme veneration to all rivers . 139. Another circumstance is also peculiar to them , which has escaped the notice of the Persians ...
... river , nor defile the stream with urine , nor do they allow any one else to do so , but they pay extreme veneration to all rivers . 139. Another circumstance is also peculiar to them , which has escaped the notice of the Persians ...
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... river Crathis , from which the river in Italy derived its name ; then Bura and Helice , to which the Ionians fled when they were defeated by the Achæans ; Ægium , Rhypes , Patrees , Pharees , and Ole- nus , in which is the great river ...
... river Crathis , from which the river in Italy derived its name ; then Bura and Helice , to which the Ionians fled when they were defeated by the Achæans ; Ægium , Rhypes , Patrees , Pharees , and Ole- nus , in which is the great river ...
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... river of the same name , which discharges its stream into the Euphrates . Now this river brings down with its water many lumps of bitumen , from whence the bitumen used in the wall of Babylon was brought . 180. In this manner Babylon ...
... river of the same name , which discharges its stream into the Euphrates . Now this river brings down with its water many lumps of bitumen , from whence the bitumen used in the wall of Babylon was brought . 180. In this manner Babylon ...
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