 ... some of them were prompted by famine to proceed to the most horrid extremities. They drew lots, and every tenth man was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest.  Herodotus - Σελίδα 16των Herodotus - 1828Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Herodotus - 1821 - 478 σελίδες
...long as the earth afforded them any sustenance, were content to feed on vegetables; but as soon as they arrived among the sands and the deserts, some...man was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest 30. When Cambyses received intelligence of this fact, alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring one... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 472 σελίδες
...long as the earth afforded them any sustenance, were content to feed on vegetables ; but as soon as they arrived among the sands and the deserts, some...intelligence of this fact, alarmed at the idea of devouring one another, he abandoned his designs upon the Ethiopians, and returning homeward arrived... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 352 σελίδες
...long as the earth afforded them any sustenance, were content to feed on vegetables ; but as soon a,s they arrived among the sands and the deserts, some...proceed to the most horrid extremities. They drew lofs ; and every tenth man was destined to. satisfy the hunger of the rest.1 When Cambyses received... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 342 σελίδες
...content to feed on roots and plants ; but no sooner had they arrived among the sands of the desert, than some of them were prompted by famine to proceed to...was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. When the king received intelligence of this fact, he became alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 456 σελίδες
...content to feed on roots and plants ; but no sooner had they arrived among the sands of the desert, than some of them were prompted by famine to proceed to...was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. When the king received intelligence of this fact, he became alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring... | |
 | 1837 - 348 σελίδες
...no sooner had they arrived among the sands o'f the desert, than some of them were prompted by fnmine to proceed to the most horrid extremities. They drew...was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. When the king received intelligence of this fact, he became alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1842 - 342 σελίδες
...content to feed on roots and plants ; but no sooner had they arrived among the sands of the desert, than some of them were prompted by famine to proceed to...was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. When the king received intelligence of this fact, he became alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring... | |
 | 1842 - 144 σελίδες
...arrived among the sands and the deserts, some of them, prompted by famine, proceeded to the most fearful extremities. They drew lots, and every tenth man was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. This appalling action seemed to alarm even the mad Cambyses himself. Alarmed, says Herodotus, at the... | |
 | Gustaf Clemens Hebbe - 1848 - 592 σελίδες
...plants ; but no sooner had they arrived among the sands of the desert, than some of them were induced by famine to proceed to the most horrid extremities....was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. When the king was told of this fact, he became alarmed at the idea of his troops devouring one another,... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 σελίδες
...above Syene. sands and the deserts, some of them, prompted by famine, proceeded to the most fearful extremities. They drew lots, and every tenth man was destined to satisfy the hunger of the rest. This appalling action seemed to alarm even the mad Cambyses himself. Alarmed, says Herodotus, at the... | |
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