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... third book of his History of Cyzicus , says , that there is also among the Persians a water called the golden water , and that it rises in seventy springs ; and that no one ever drinks of it but the king alone , and the eldest of his ...
... third book of his History of Cyzicus , says , that there is also among the Persians a water called the golden water , and that it rises in seventy springs ; and that no one ever drinks of it but the king alone , and the eldest of his ...
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... third book of his History , states , that it is a law among the Tyrrhenians that all their women should be in common : and that the women pay the greatest attention to their persons , and often practise gymnastic exercises , naked ...
... third book of his History , states , that it is a law among the Tyrrhenians that all their women should be in common : and that the women pay the greatest attention to their persons , and often practise gymnastic exercises , naked ...
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... third was all for Ephesus ; a fourth Preferred Abydus on the Hellespont : And all these places in his way did lie . But concerning the people of Abydus , Antipho , in reply to the attacks of Alcibiades , speaks as follows : - " After ...
... third was all for Ephesus ; a fourth Preferred Abydus on the Hellespont : And all these places in his way did lie . But concerning the people of Abydus , Antipho , in reply to the attacks of Alcibiades , speaks as follows : - " After ...
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... third book of his Polity he writes as fol- lows : - " It seems to me , my friend , that you do not approve of the Syracusan tables , and the Sicilian variety of dishes ; and you do not approve either of men , who wish to preserve a ...
... third book of his Polity he writes as fol- lows : - " It seems to me , my friend , that you do not approve of the Syracusan tables , and the Sicilian variety of dishes ; and you do not approve either of men , who wish to preserve a ...
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... third book of his History of Persia , says , that all those who were ever kings in Asia devoted themselves mainly to luxury ; and above all of them , Ninyas did so , the son of Ninus and Semiramis . He , therefore , remaining in - doors ...
... third book of his History of Persia , says , that all those who were ever kings in Asia devoted themselves mainly to luxury ; and above all of them , Ninyas did so , the son of Ninus and Semiramis . He , therefore , remaining in - doors ...
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