Herodotus, Volumen1L. Hansard & Sons, 1830 |
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... lived about the same period , has who made votive offerings to the oracle , after mrade mention in some Iambic verses . Midas the son of Gordius , king of Phrygia . Midas consecrated to this purpose his own roy- 8 from which he himself ...
... lived about the same period , has who made votive offerings to the oracle , after mrade mention in some Iambic verses . Midas the son of Gordius , king of Phrygia . Midas consecrated to this purpose his own roy- 8 from which he himself ...
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... lived in the islands . From this purpose , although he had made great preparations , he was deterred by the memorable reply of Bias of Priene , who was at that time in Sardis ; or , as others say , of Pittacus " of Mitylene . Of 6 ...
... lived in the islands . From this purpose , although he had made great preparations , he was deterred by the memorable reply of Bias of Priene , who was at that time in Sardis ; or , as others say , of Pittacus " of Mitylene . Of 6 ...
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... lived near the Athenians , together with the people of other Pelasgian towns , who have since changed their names , we are upon the whole justified in our opinion , 4 O'er pebbly Hermus , & c . ] — It has been usually trans- lated fly ...
... lived near the Athenians , together with the people of other Pelasgian towns , who have since changed their names , we are upon the whole justified in our opinion , 4 O'er pebbly Hermus , & c . ] — It has been usually trans- lated fly ...
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... lived . 7 In this manner was Sardis stormed . ] - Polyænus re- lates the matter differently . According to him Cyrus availed himself of a truce which he had concluded with Croesus , to advance his forces , and making his approach by ...
... lived . 7 In this manner was Sardis stormed . ] - Polyænus re- lates the matter differently . According to him Cyrus availed himself of a truce which he had concluded with Croesus , to advance his forces , and making his approach by ...
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... lived . the Horatii and Curiatii , which decided the empire of Rome . The account which Suidas gives of Othryades , differs essentially . Othryades , says he , was wounded , 7 In this manner was Sardu stormed Z - Polvasna te and ...
... lived . the Horatii and Curiatii , which decided the empire of Rome . The account which Suidas gives of Othryades , differs essentially . Othryades , says he , was wounded , 7 In this manner was Sardu stormed Z - Polvasna te and ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ægina affirm afterwards Amasis amongst ancient Apollo appears Argives Aristagoras army arrived Asia assert Astyages Athenæus Athenians Athens attack authority Barbarians battle betwixt body called Cambyses chap Cleomenes commanded conduct Croesus custom Cyrus Darius daughter death deity Delphi Demaratus Diodorus Diodorus Siculus divine Egypt Egyptians enemy engaged esteemed father favour fleet gods gold Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont Hercules Herodotus Homer honour horse hundred informed inhabitants Ionians island Jupiter king Lacedæmonians land Larcher Lydians manner Mardonius Medes mentioned Milesians Miletus nations Nile observed occasion opinion oracle particular passage passed Pausanias Peloponnese Persians person Phenicians Phoceans Pliny Plutarch possessed present priests prince reader reign remarks replied river sacred sacrifice Salamis Samians Samos Sardis says Scythians seems sent Siculus soon Sparta speak Strabo temple Themistocles thing thousand tion took troops vessels victory whilst women word Xerxes
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Página 230 - And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Página 315 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Página 9 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Página 128 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold...
Página 127 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Página 79 - In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents," not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but have two horns on the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong.
Página 153 - Turks may exercise a shadow of jurisdiction, but his pride is reduced to solicit the friendship of a people whom it is dangerous to provoke and fruitless to attack.
Página 40 - The earth of the trench was first of all laid in heaps, and when a sufficient quantity was obtained, made into square bricks, and baked in a furnace. They used as cement a composition of heated bitumen, which, mixed with the tops of reeds, was placed between every thirtieth course of bricks.
Página 171 - But these two things shall come to thee in a moment, in one day ; the loss of children...
Página 243 - The olive, in the western world, followed the progress of peace, of which it was considered as the symbol. Two centuries after the foundation of Rome, both Italy and Africa were strangers to that useful plant ; it was naturalized in those countries ; and at length carried into the heart of Spain and Gaul. The timid errors of the ancients, that it required a certain degree of heat, and could only flourish in the neighbourhood of the sea, were insensibly exploded by industry and experience.