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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... oracle in hexameter verse : " The cast is thrown , and the net is spread ; by the moonlight the tunnies will rush in . " 8 Schweighæuser translates it " to his former partisans . " See Cary's Lexicon to Herodotus . 9 There were two ...
... oracle in hexameter verse : " The cast is thrown , and the net is spread ; by the moonlight the tunnies will rush in . " 8 Schweighæuser translates it " to his former partisans . " See Cary's Lexicon to Herodotus . 9 There were two ...
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... oracle , and saying he accepted the omen , led on his army . The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of them , after breakfast , had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that the army of ...
... oracle , and saying he accepted the omen , led on his army . The Athenians of the city were then engaged at their breakfast , and some of them , after breakfast , had betaken themselves to dice , others to sleep ; so that the army of ...
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... oracle , no sooner entered the temple , than the Pythian spoke as follows : " Thou art come , Lycurgus , to my wealthy temple , beloved by Jove and all that inhabit Olympian mansions : I doubt whether I shall pronounce thee god or man ...
... oracle , no sooner entered the temple , than the Pythian spoke as follows : " Thou art come , Lycurgus , to my wealthy temple , beloved by Jove and all that inhabit Olympian mansions : I doubt whether I shall pronounce thee god or man ...
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... oracle at Delphi what god they should propitiate in order to become victorious over the Tegeans . The Pythian answered , they should become so when they had brought back the bones of Orestes , the son of Agamemnon . But as they were ...
... oracle at Delphi what god they should propitiate in order to become victorious over the Tegeans . The Pythian answered , they should become so when they had brought back the bones of Orestes , the son of Agamemnon . But as they were ...
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... oracle to unite myself to a Grecian friend , therefore ( for I am informed that you are pre - eminent in Greece ) I invite you , in obedience to the oracle , being desirous of be- coming your friend and ally , without treachery or guile ...
... oracle to unite myself to a Grecian friend , therefore ( for I am informed that you are pre - eminent in Greece ) I invite you , in obedience to the oracle , being desirous of be- coming your friend and ally , without treachery or guile ...
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