Herodotus, tr., with notes, by W. Beloe, Volume 31821 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page 2
... opinion of modern travellers , that the kingdom of Naples possesses no place so advantage- ously situated for trade . - T . 108 Tapyges.The region of Iapygia has been at different times called Messapia , Calabria , and Salentum : it is ...
... opinion of modern travellers , that the kingdom of Naples possesses no place so advantage- ously situated for trade . - T . 108 Tapyges.The region of Iapygia has been at different times called Messapia , Calabria , and Salentum : it is ...
Page 19
... opinion prevailed ; the sovereigns of the Geloni , Budini , and Sauro- matæ , were unanimous in their inclination to assist the Scythians ; but those of the Agathyrsi , Neuri , Androphagi , Melanchlani , and Tauri , made this answer to ...
... opinion prevailed ; the sovereigns of the Geloni , Budini , and Sauro- matæ , were unanimous in their inclination to assist the Scythians ; but those of the Agathyrsi , Neuri , Androphagi , Melanchlani , and Tauri , made this answer to ...
Page 32
... Scythian presents : I am " now of the same opinion myself , and it be- " comes us to exert all our sagacity to effect a " safe return to the place from whence we came . ' 99 " Indeed , Sir , " answered Gobryas , " 32 MELPOMENE .
... Scythian presents : I am " now of the same opinion myself , and it be- " comes us to exert all our sagacity to effect a " safe return to the place from whence we came . ' 99 " Indeed , Sir , " answered Gobryas , " 32 MELPOMENE .
Page 33
... opinion of Gobryas , as soon as the evening ap- 131 Fires as usual . ] - This incident is related , with very ' little variation , in the Stratagemata of Polyænus , a book which I may venture to recommend to all young students in Greek ...
... opinion of Gobryas , as soon as the evening ap- 131 Fires as usual . ] - This incident is related , with very ' little variation , in the Stratagemata of Polyænus , a book which I may venture to recommend to all young students in Greek ...
Page 35
... opinion that the advice of the Scythians should be taken , and Ionia * be thus 132 Prince of the Chersonese . ] - All these petty princes had imposed chains upon their country , and were only supported in their usurpations by the ...
... opinion that the advice of the Scythians should be taken , and Ionia * be thus 132 Prince of the Chersonese . ] - All these petty princes had imposed chains upon their country , and were only supported in their usurpations by the ...
Common terms and phrases
Ægina Ægyptian afterwards Agathyrsi amongst ancient Apollo appeared Arcesilaus Argives Argos Aristagoras Ariston army arrived Artabanus Artaphernes Asia Athe Athenæus Athenians Athens attack Attica authority Barceans battle Battus betwixt called celebrated Chersonese Cleomenes Clisthenes command countrymen custom Cyrene Cyreneans Darius daughter death deity Delphi Demaratus endeavoured enemy engaged expedition fleet gold Grecian Greece Greeks Hellespont Herodotus Hippias Histiæus Homer honour horses hundred inhabitants Ionians island Jupiter king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land Lemnos Libya Marathon Mardonius master Medes Megabyzus ment mentioned Milesians Miletus Miltiades Minerva Nasamones nations nians observed occasion opinion oracle Pæonians particular passage passed Pausanias Persians Phoenicians Pisistratidæ Pisistratus Pliny Plutarch possessed prince Pythian reader remarkable Rennell reply retired river sacred Sardis says Larcher Scythians sent ships Sparta stadia Strabo Susa temple Thrace tion took tribes vessels victory Virgil whilst wives women word Xerxes
Popular passages
Page 475 - 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.
Page 356 - I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Page 357 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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.
Page 115 - And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 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.
Page 311 - And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Page 356 - This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth...
Page 101 - And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Page 121 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day.
Page 270 - We greet not here as man conversing man, Met at an oak, or journeying o'er a plain; No season now for calm familiar talk, Like youths and maidens in an evening walk; War is our business, but to whom is given To die or triumph, that determine Heaven!