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 37
... Round this part alone Meles , a former king of Sardis , had not brought the lion which his concubine bore to him , though the Telmes- sians had pronounced that if the lion were carried round the wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but ...
... Round this part alone Meles , a former king of Sardis , had not brought the lion which his concubine bore to him , though the Telmes- sians had pronounced that if the lion were carried round the wall , Sardis would be impregnable ; but ...
Page 39
... round and beholding the Persians sacking the city of the Lydians , he said , " Does it become me , O king , to tell you what is pass- ing through my mind , or to keep silent on the present occasion ? " Cyrus bid him say with confidence ...
... round and beholding the Persians sacking the city of the Lydians , he said , " Does it become me , O king , to tell you what is pass- ing through my mind , or to keep silent on the present occasion ? " Cyrus bid him say with confidence ...
Page 45
... round his own palace ; and he commanded the rest of the people to fix their habitations round the fortification ; and when all the buildings were completed , he , for the first time , established the following regulations : that no man ...
... round his own palace ; and he commanded the rest of the people to fix their habitations round the fortification ; and when all the buildings were completed , he , for the first time , established the following regulations : that no man ...
Page 48
... round the country and plundered them of all their possessions . Now Cyaxares and the Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast , and having made them drunk , put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power ...
... round the country and plundered them of all their possessions . Now Cyaxares and the Medes invited the greatest part of them to a feast , and having made them drunk , put them to death ; and so the Medes recovered their former power ...
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... round the temple , he took away the sparrows and all other kinds of birds that had built nests in the temple ; and while he was doing this , it is reported that a voice issued from the sanctuary , and addressing Aristodicus , spoke as ...
... round the temple , he took away the sparrows and all other kinds of birds that had built nests in the temple ; and while he was doing this , it is reported that a voice issued from the sanctuary , and addressing Aristodicus , spoke as ...
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