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    Herodotus

    Herodotus

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    Histories (unabridged)

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    The Histories of Herodotus8:07
    Now it happened that this Candaules was in love…10:08
    In this way he carried on the war with the Milesians…10:31
    When all these conquests had been added…10:09
    Now it chanced that while he was making…9:46
    At the end of this time the grief of Croesus was…9:32
    Of all the answers that had reached him…10:43
    Such was the prophecy uttered under a divine…8:17
    Such was the man’s account of what he had seen.8:31
    Afterwards, on the refusal of Alyattes to give up his...10:17
    Thus the siege began. Meanwhile Croesus, thinking…10:14
    Then, the Lydians say that Croesus…10:38
    The Lydians have very nearly the same customs...11:39
    The distance from Lake Maeotis to the river Phasis…12:05
    When the boy was in his tenth year…13:02
    Afterwards, when Cyrus grew to manhood…8:41
    Thus after a reign of thirty-five years, Astyages…10:53
    Immediately after the conquest of Lydia…10:02
    These, then, were all the Aeolian cities…10:45
    Meanwhile Mazares, after he had recovered Pactyas…11:41
    The Caunians, in my judgment, are dwellers there…8:25
    The city is divided into two portions by the river…7:33
    She gave orders for the hewing of immense blocks…7:17
    Among many proofs which I shall bring forward…8:32
    The Babylonians have one most shameful custom.8:34
    Now concerning the matter in hand, my judgment…10:20
    Book Two: Euterpe8:30
    From Heliopolis to Thebes is nine days’ sail…10:27
    My judgment as to the extent of Egypt is confirmed…10:20
    No other information on this head could I obtain…9:23
    Concerning Egypt itself I shall extend my remarks…9:27
    Such Egyptians as possess a temple of the Theban…10:41
    Almost all the names of the gods came into Greece…10:44
    At Heliopolis and Buto the assemblies…12:06
    In the neighbourhood of Thebes…12:32
    The Egyptians are averse to adopt Greek customs…9:42
    The former of these two cities…10:03
    The king then returned to his own land…11:27
    In these places Homer shows himself acquainted…11:10
    When it came to the king’s ears that the thief’s body…10:13
    After Chephren, Mycerinus (they said), son of…9:46
    He was succeeded on the throne…11:14
    It is open to all to receive whichever he may prefer…12:32
    I have already made mention more than once…11:39
    The cantons of the Calascirians are different…11:01
    To the other temples of much note…6:13
    Book Three: Thalia11:41
    On the field where this battle was fought...12:38
    The Icthyophagoi on reaching this people…11:38
    And now Cambyses, who even before had not been…10:43
    Many other wild outrages of this sort did Cambyses…11:59
    The Corinthians likewise very willingly lent…11:09
    This was the first expedition into Asia…10:21
    At this time he said no more; but twenty days…10:44
    Otanes, when he saw Darius so hot…10:05
    And now when five days were gone…10:05
    And now, when the morning broke, the six Persians…10:51
    The way in which the Indians get the plentiful…9:32
    Now with respect to the vipers and the winged…8:02
    Of the seven Persians who rose up…8:28
    Polycrates, however, making light of all the counsel…10:54
    On these terms Democedes applied his art…9:11
    Poor Syloson felt at the time that he had given…10:09
    After the armament of Otanes had set sail…11:14
    Book Four: Melpomene9:39
    Hereupon he strung one of his bows — up to that…9:40
    Crossing the Panticapes, and proceeding eastward…8:29
    To me it seems that the cold may likewise…6:45
    The Persians inhabit a country upon the southern…9:04
    The Euxine sea, where Darius now went to war…9:30
    The sixth stream is the Hypacyris, a river rising…10:01
    Whenever the Scythian king falls sick…11:21
    Scylas, likewise, the son of Ariapithes…9:47
    The manner in which these distances…9:01
    I for my part neither put entire faith in this story…8:57
    The manners of the Androphagi are more savage…7:52
    The Sauromatae speak the language of Scythia…9:55
    To this message Idanthyrsus, the Scythian king…10:14
    The Ionians now held a council.10:20
    Theras now, having with him a certain number…9:11
    Battus, you came to ask of your voice; but Phoebus…9:13
    At Samos, meanwhile, Arcesilaüs was collecting…8:55
    On the country of the Nasamonians borders…10:42
    As far as the Atlantes the names of the nations…9:05
    The Carthaginians also relate the following…9:06
    Book Five: Terpsichore9:42
    King Darius was full of wonder both at what they…10:25
    Now that the men of this family are Greeks, sprung…9:30
    So Aristagoras went to Sardis and told Artaphernes…9:25
    Now the Mytileneans had no sooner got Coës…9:07
    Cleomenes, however, was still king when Aristagoras…9:15
    When Aristagoras left Sparta he hastened to Athens…9:33
    By descent they were Pylians, of the family…10:27
    Meanwhile Cleomenes, who considered himself…11:14
    Such is the account given by the Athenians.10:41
    The Bacchiadae had possessed this oracle for some…9:41
    On the return of Hippias to Asia from Lacedaemon…9:11
    While Onesilus was engaged in the siege…8:11
    In the thick of the fight, Stesanor, tyrant…8:45
    Book Six: Erato7:37
    Thus spake the Persians. The Ionian tyrants…8:51
    Such a fate now befell the Milesians…7:39
    Histiaeus now led a numerous army…8:02
    When he had finished carrying the wall across…9:03
    The year after these events, Darius received…9:56
    Such are their privileges in war…9:05
    In course of time Ariston died…10:22
    Afterwards, when it came to be known what evil…12:13
    When however he reached that city…9:22
    Afterwards the Aeginetans fell upon the Athenian…10:03
    First he was chased as far as Imbrus…8:59
    Miltiades by these words gained Callimachus…10:13
    Now the Alcmaeonidae fell in no way short…10:50
    After the defeat inflicted at Marathon…10:57
    Book Seven: Polymnia7:41
    ‘Persians, I shall not be the first to bring in…’6:38
    When Mardonius had in this way softened…10:16
    But when night came, again the same vision stood…11:26
    Now the manner in which they dug…10:36
    Then they, whose business it was…10:17
    Then Artabanus, the king’s uncle…10:20
    On the next day the horsemen began the passage…8:28
    The Sarangians had dyed garments…7:25
    Such were the nations who fought upon the dry…7:16
    (vi.) The Lycians furnished fifty ships.7:53
    ‘O king! Since you ask me by all means…’9:33
    The Satrae, so far as our knowledge goes…10:49
    On reaching Therma Xerxes halted his army…9:39
    This conduct on the part of the Spartans…9:28
    Themistocles had before this given a counsel which…9:36
    For my own part I cannot positively say whether…9:48
    Hereupon Gelo, seeing the indignation…10:00
    The Cretans, when the envoys sent to ask aid…8:36
    At Alpeni, which is lower down than that place…10:25
    The fleet then, as I said, on leaving Therma…10:36
    At the point where this city is built…10:27
    Then the Medes, having met so rough a reception…9:22
    The remembrance of this answer, I think…10:45
    Thus fought the Greeks at Thermopylae.7:58
    Book Eight: Urania9:09
    The Greeks, at a signal, brought the sterns of…9:01
    And now Themistocles chose out the swiftest sailers…9:00
    From Doris they marched forward into Phocis…9:45
    From the mainland of Greece beyond…10:52
    As soon as they had come, and before Eurybiades…9:28
    Reinforced by the contingents of all these various…9:32
    ‘The Athenian commander has sent me to you…’9:03
    Far the greater number of the Persian ships…8:33
    The Athenians say that Adeimantus, the Corinthian…9:25
    Thus did the king ask Artemisia’s counsel…10:01
    At present, however, he dissembled…8:19
    The Persians, having journeyed through Thrace…9:16
    When this town had fallen, Artabazus pressed…10:15
    Mardonius, when he had read the answers given…14:23
    Book Nine: Calliope7:58
    At last the ambassadors got an answer…7:44
    What follows was recounted to me by Thersander…9:51
    When the cavalry reached the camp…10:01
    All these, except the Helots — seven of whom…8:29
    With Mardonius also, who was very eager to begin…8:41
    After Mardonius had put his question about…9:22
    As soon as Pausanias saw a portion of the troops…9:33
    As Pausanias offered his prayer, the Tegeans…8:28
    On the side of the barbarians, the greatest courage…7:27
    There was a man at Plataea among the troops…7:07
    The Greeks, after sharing the booty upon the field…8:02
    A strange thing happened to this man’s father…7:35
    After Leotychides had made this address…8:31
    The barbarians who escaped from the battle...8:52
    Meanwhile the Greeks, who had left Mycale…8:26