 | Herodotus - 1904 - 412 pages
...was being burnt down, fell from off the half-plinths, for upon these it was set,50 and is placed now in the treasury of the Corinthians, weighing six talents...and a half, for three talents and a half were melted away from it. 51. So Croesus having finished all these things sent them to Delphi, and with them these... | |
 | Philip Sanford Marden - 1907 - 492 pages
...of these, of pure gold, weighed each two talents and a half. The other bricks, of pale gold, weighed two talents each. He made also the figure of a lion,...gold, weighing ten talents. This lion, when the temple at Delphi was burned down, fell from its pedestal of half-bricks, for it was placed upon them. It now... | |
 | Philip Sanford Marden - 1907 - 418 pages
...of these, of pure gold, weighed each two talents and a half. The other bricks, of pale gold, weighed two talents each. He made also the figure of a lion,...gold, weighing ten talents. This lion, when the temple at Delphi was burned down, fell from its pedestal of half-bricks, for it was placed upon them. It now... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - 1920 - 688 pages
...was being burnt down, fell from off the half-plinths, for upon these it was set, and is placed now in the treasury of the Corinthians, weighing six talents...and a half, for three talents and a half were melted away from it. So Croesus, having finished all these things, sent them to Delphi, and with them these... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - 1920 - 680 pages
...was being burnt down, fell from off the half-plinths, for upon these it was set, and is placed now in the treasury of the Corinthians, weighing six talents and a half, for three talents and a hah' were melted away from it. So Croesus, having finished all these things, sent them to Delphi, and... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...these, of pure gold, weighed each two talents and a half ; the other half -bricks of pale gold weighed two talents each. He made also the figure of a lion of fine gold, weighing ten talents. Croesus, having finished these things, sent them to Delphi, and with them two large bowls, one of gold,... | |
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... from it ; of which the longest were six palms in length, the shortest three, and in thickness one palm : their number was one hundred and seventeen : four of these, of pure gold, weighed each two talents and a half ; the other half-bricks of pale... 
