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 33
... Ionians , however , refused . When Cyrus had come up and encamped opposite Crœsus , they made trial of each other's strength on the plains of Pteria ; but when an obstinate battle took place , and many fell on both sides , they at last ...
... Ionians , however , refused . When Cyrus had come up and encamped opposite Crœsus , they made trial of each other's strength on the plains of Pteria ; but when an obstinate battle took place , and many fell on both sides , they at last ...
Page 62
... Ionians Sigma ; and if you inquire into this , you will find that all Persian names , with- out exception , end in the same letter . 140. These things I can with certainty affirm to be true , since I myself know them . But what follows ...
... Ionians Sigma ; and if you inquire into this , you will find that all Persian names , with- out exception , end in the same letter . 140. These things I can with certainty affirm to be true , since I myself know them . But what follows ...
Page 63
... Ionians and Æolians , because the Ionians , when Cyrus pressed them , by his embas- sador , to revolt from Croesus , refused to consent ; and now , when the business was done , were ready to listen to him . He , therefore , under the ...
... Ionians and Æolians , because the Ionians , when Cyrus pressed them , by his embas- sador , to revolt from Croesus , refused to consent ; and now , when the business was done , were ready to listen to him . He , therefore , under the ...
Page 64
... Ionians only for this reason , that , weak as the Grecian race then was , the Ionian was weak- est of all , and of least account ; for , except Athens , there was no other city of note . The other Ionians , therefore , and the Athenians ...
... Ionians only for this reason , that , weak as the Grecian race then was , the Ionian was weak- est of all , and of least account ; for , except Athens , there was no other city of note . The other Ionians , therefore , and the Athenians ...
Page 65
... Ionians . Pellene is the first toward Sicyon ; next , Ægyra and Æge , in which is the overflowing river Crathis , from which the river in Italy derived its name ; then Bura and Helice , to which the Ionians fled when they were defeated ...
... Ionians . Pellene is the first toward Sicyon ; next , Ægyra and Æge , in which is the overflowing river Crathis , from which the river in Italy derived its name ; then Bura and Helice , to which the Ionians fled when they were defeated ...
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