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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... 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 of all , except those of the Egyptians and ...
... 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 of all , except those of the Egyptians and ...
Page 49
... territory on this side toward the Saspires is very mountainous , lofty , and covered with forests , whereas all the rest of Media is level . When , therefore , the herdsman , being summoned in great haste , arrived , Harpagus addressed ...
... territory on this side toward the Saspires is very mountainous , lofty , and covered with forests , whereas all the rest of Media is level . When , therefore , the herdsman , being summoned in great haste , arrived , Harpagus addressed ...
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... territory that Astyages now governs . Persuade the Persians to revolt , and invade Media ; and whether I or any other illustrious Mede be appointed to com- mand the army opposed to you , every thing will turn out as you wish ; for they ...
... territory that Astyages now governs . Persuade the Persians to revolt , and invade Media ; and whether I or any other illustrious Mede be appointed to com- mand the army opposed to you , every thing will turn out as you wish ; for they ...
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... territory , for in that case they would not pass it by unnoticed . " 153. When the herald gave this message , it is related that Cyrus inquired of the Grecians who were present who the Lacedæmonians were , and how many in number , that ...
... territory , for in that case they would not pass it by unnoticed . " 153. When the herald gave this message , it is related that Cyrus inquired of the Grecians who were present who the Lacedæmonians were , and how many in number , that ...
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... territory they should choose ; but afterward , find- ing he could not prevail with the Phocæans to accept his offer , and hearing from them the increasing power of the Mede , he gave them money for the purpose of building a wall round ...
... territory they should choose ; but afterward , find- ing he could not prevail with the Phocæans to accept his offer , and hearing from them the increasing power of the Mede , he gave them money for the purpose of building a wall round ...
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