 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 610 pages
...stone lion raised to his memory at the entrance to the pass, and of the inscription placed over all : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." When he pronounced these words, there went up a shout from the assembled multitude, which rent the... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." —Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (4847-425? B. c.) was... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 pages
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." — Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (484?-425? B. c.) was... | |
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This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument... 
