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Thucydides is allowed to be a better historian than Herodotus . Even in Larcher's
life of Herodotus , the truth peeps out , and we may surmise that Herodotus was
the laughing - stock of his cotemporaries ; .but Thucydides , notwithstanding the ...
Thucydides is allowed to be a better historian than Herodotus . Even in Larcher's
life of Herodotus , the truth peeps out , and we may surmise that Herodotus was
the laughing - stock of his cotemporaries ; .but Thucydides , notwithstanding the ...
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As for the canal of Athos , Herodotus ascribes it to the vanity of Xerxes , Mitford
chuses to see further ; yet Mitford 4 Επoίειν δε σιγή ταύτα , ως μη πυνθανοίατο οι
εναντίοι . Ηerod . Lib . viii . c . 76 . It were a delicate stratagem to shoe a troop of ...
As for the canal of Athos , Herodotus ascribes it to the vanity of Xerxes , Mitford
chuses to see further ; yet Mitford 4 Επoίειν δε σιγή ταύτα , ως μη πυνθανοίατο οι
εναντίοι . Ηerod . Lib . viii . c . 76 . It were a delicate stratagem to shoe a troop of ...
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Have we banished fairy tales from the nursery , that Herodotus might be studied
at the University ? How true is the remark of Thucydides b : Oőrws dranaíowgos
τους πολλούς η ζήτησης της αληθείας , και επί τα ετούμα μάλλον τρέπονται !
Have we banished fairy tales from the nursery , that Herodotus might be studied
at the University ? How true is the remark of Thucydides b : Oőrws dranaíowgos
τους πολλούς η ζήτησης της αληθείας , και επί τα ετούμα μάλλον τρέπονται !
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But in no part of Herodotus do we find that the Greeks erected a trophy . At
Artemisium , Thermopylæ , and Salamis , the wounded and the dead seem to
have been neglected alike ; at Platæa , Herodotus says , that the dead were
buried on the ...
But in no part of Herodotus do we find that the Greeks erected a trophy . At
Artemisium , Thermopylæ , and Salamis , the wounded and the dead seem to
have been neglected alike ; at Platæa , Herodotus says , that the dead were
buried on the ...
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... in Salamis · , Ægina , and Troezene , as a Aristeides took Athenian soldiers
from Salamis on board , before he attacked the Persians in Psyttaleia ; but
Herodotus does not mention the number taken , nor the number stationed at
Salamis .
... in Salamis · , Ægina , and Troezene , as a Aristeides took Athenian soldiers
from Salamis on board , before he attacked the Persians in Psyttaleia ; but
Herodotus does not mention the number taken , nor the number stationed at
Salamis .
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Página 109 - And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Página 131 - And there are seven kings ; five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come, and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Página 116 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Página 83 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains...
Página 76 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Página 98 - And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Página 1 - O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour. And for the majesty that he gave him all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
Página 61 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 108 - And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Página 111 - And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.