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... make the Athenians say that the Amazons had advanced from the river Thermodon , to attack Attica . That a community of able to take captive , they distributed in three vessels 12 MELPOMENE . the Amazons, whom the Scythians call Oiorpata ...
... make the Athenians say that the Amazons had advanced from the river Thermodon , to attack Attica . That a community of able to take captive , they distributed in three vessels 12 MELPOMENE . the Amazons, whom the Scythians call Oiorpata ...
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... attacked , they were to retreat without making re- sistance ; when the pursuit should be discontinued , they were to return , and again encamp as near the Amazons as possible . The Scythians took these measures , with the view of having ...
... attacked , they were to retreat without making re- sistance ; when the pursuit should be discontinued , they were to return , and again encamp as near the Amazons as possible . The Scythians took these measures , with the view of having ...
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... attack our country , " and commence hostilities against us , he will 66 find that we shall not patiently endure the in- “ sult . Until he shall do this , we shall remain " neutral . We cannot believe that the Persians “ intend any ...
... attack our country , " and commence hostilities against us , he will 66 find that we shall not patiently endure the in- “ sult . Until he shall do this , we shall remain " neutral . We cannot believe that the Persians “ intend any ...
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... attack the enemy , if it could be done with any prospect of success 125 CXXI . The Scythians , having determined upon these measures , advanced silently before the forces of Darius , sending forwards as scouts a select detachment of ...
... attack the enemy , if it could be done with any prospect of success 125 CXXI . The Scythians , having determined upon these measures , advanced silently before the forces of Darius , sending forwards as scouts a select detachment of ...
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... attacked them under cover of the night . CXXIX . In these attacks of the Scythians upon the camp of Darius , the Persians had one advantage , which I shall explain - it arose from the braying of the asses , and appearance of the mules ...
... attacked them under cover of the night . CXXIX . In these attacks of the Scythians upon the camp of Darius , the Persians had one advantage , which I shall explain - it arose from the braying of the asses , and appearance of the mules ...
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Page 99 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
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Page 121 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
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