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 66
... walls , shut to the gates , and seized the city . But when all the Æolians came to the assistance of the Smyrnæans , an agreement was made that the Ionians should restore the movable property , and that the Æolians should abandon Smyrna ...
... walls , shut to the gates , and seized the city . But when all the Æolians came to the assistance of the Smyrnæans , an agreement was made that the Ionians should restore the movable property , and that the Æolians should abandon Smyrna ...
Page 71
... wall round their city ; and he gave it unsparingly , for the wall is not a few stades in circumference , and is entirely built of large and well- compacted stone . 164. Now the wall of the Phocæans had been built in the above manner ...
... wall round their city ; and he gave it unsparingly , for the wall is not a few stades in circumference , and is entirely built of large and well- compacted stone . 164. Now the wall of the Phocæans had been built in the above manner ...
Page 73
... walls , they all went on board their ships , and sailed away to Thrace , and there settled in the city of Abdera , which Timesius of Clazomenæ having for- merly founded , did not enjoy , but was driven out by the Thra- cians , and is ...
... walls , they all went on board their ships , and sailed away to Thrace , and there settled in the city of Abdera , which Timesius of Clazomenæ having for- merly founded , did not enjoy , but was driven out by the Thra- cians , and is ...
Page 77
... wall fifty royal cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred ; but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth taken out of the moat was consumed ...
... wall fifty royal cubits in breadth , and in height two hundred ; but the royal cubit is larger than the common one by three fingers ' breadth . 179. And here I think I ought to explain how the earth taken out of the moat was consumed ...
Page 78
... wall of Babylon was brought . 180. In this manner Babylon was encompassed with a wall ; and the city consists of two di- visions , for a river , called the Euphrates , separates it in the middle : this river , which is broad , deep ...
... wall of Babylon was brought . 180. In this manner Babylon was encompassed with a wall ; and the city consists of two di- visions , for a river , called the Euphrates , separates it in the middle : this river , which is broad , deep ...
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