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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... woman named Phya , four cubits high , want- ing three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armor , and placed her on a chariot , and having shown her beforehand how to assume the ...
... woman named Phya , four cubits high , want- ing three fingers , and in other respects handsome ; having dressed this woman in a complete suit of armor , and placed her on a chariot , and having shown her beforehand how to assume the ...
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... woman to whom he was married , in the language of Greece , was Cyno , and in that of the Medes , Spaco , for the Medes call a bitch Spa- ca. The foot of the mountains at which this herdsman grazed his cattle lies to the north of ...
... woman to whom he was married , in the language of Greece , was Cyno , and in that of the Medes , Spaco , for the Medes call a bitch Spa- ca. The foot of the mountains at which this herdsman grazed his cattle lies to the north of ...
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... woman , because Harpagus , who had not been accustomed to do so , had sent for her husband . When he returned and came up to her , she seeing him thus unexpectedly , first asked him why Harpagus had sent for him in such haste . Wife ...
... woman , because Harpagus , who had not been accustomed to do so , had sent for her husband . When he returned and came up to her , she seeing him thus unexpectedly , first asked him why Harpagus had sent for him in such haste . Wife ...
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... women : the reason of this custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I much approve of the above custom , as also of the following , that not even the king is allowed to put any ...
... women : the reason of this custom is , that if he should die in childhood , he may occasion no grief to his father . 137. Now I much approve of the above custom , as also of the following , that not even the king is allowed to put any ...
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... women after they had killed their men ; and on ac- count of this massacre , these women established a law , and imposed on themselves an oath , and transmitted it to their daughters , that they would never eat with their husbands , nor ...
... women after they had killed their men ; and on ac- count of this massacre , these women established a law , and imposed on themselves an oath , and transmitted it to their daughters , that they would never eat with their husbands , nor ...
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