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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... taken with him all who inhabited the intermediate country , went to meet Croesus . But before he began to advance , he sent heralds to the Ioni- ans , to persuade them to revolt from Croesus : the Ionians , however , refused . When ...
... taken with him all who inhabited the intermediate country , went to meet Croesus . But before he began to advance , he sent heralds to the Ioni- ans , to persuade them to revolt from Croesus : the Ionians , however , refused . When ...
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... taken prisoner . The Telmessians had pronounced as fol- lows : " That Croesus must expect a foreign army to invade his country , which , on its arrival , would subdue the natives ; be- cause , they said , the serpent is a son of the ...
... taken prisoner . The Telmessians had pronounced as fol- lows : " That Croesus must expect a foreign army to invade his country , which , on its arrival , would subdue the natives ; be- cause , they said , the serpent is a son of the ...
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... taken off , he mounted men upon them equipped in cavalry accoutrements , and having furnished them , he ordered them to go in advance of the rest of his army against the Lydian horse ; and he commanded his in- fantry to follow the ...
... taken off , he mounted men upon them equipped in cavalry accoutrements , and having furnished them , he ordered them to go in advance of the rest of his army against the Lydian horse ; and he commanded his in- fantry to follow the ...
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... taken , and Croesus made prisoner ; they accordingly , deeming it a great misfortune , desisted from their enterprise . 84. Sardis was taken in the following manner . On the fourteenth day after Croesus had been besieged , Cyrus sent ...
... taken , and Croesus made prisoner ; they accordingly , deeming it a great misfortune , desisted from their enterprise . 84. Sardis was taken in the following manner . On the fourteenth day after Croesus had been besieged , Cyrus sent ...
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... taken , one of the Persians , not knowing Croesus , was about to kill him . Croesus , though he saw him approach , from his present misfortune , took no heed of him , nor did he care about dying by the blow ; but this speechless son of ...
... taken , one of the Persians , not knowing Croesus , was about to kill him . Croesus , though he saw him approach , from his present misfortune , took no heed of him , nor did he care about dying by the blow ; but this speechless son of ...
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