 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 sivua
...was Dithyrambus, son of Harmatides.J}228. In honour of the slain, who were buried on the spot w£ere they fell, and of those who died before they who were...the impending fate, would not abandon the leaders of Sparta.'fjf The Amphictyons are the persons who honoured them witli these inscriptions and columns,... | |
 | James Talboys Wheeler - 1848 - 256 sivua
...4000 Peloponnesians fought against 3,000,000." The second, which referred to the Spartans, said, " Stranger ! go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here obedient to their commands ! " An engraved monument was also erected to Megistias the augur, by his friend Simonides, saying,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 438 sivua
...pass of Thermopylae against the myriads of Xerxes. He tells us that this epigram ran as follows : — Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands.* A still more ancient inscription of this character is preserved, which is attributed to Cleobulus,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 436 sivua
...pass of Thermopylae against the myriads of Xerxes. He tells us that this epigram ran as follows : — Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands.* A still more ancient inscription of this character is preserved, which is attributed to Cleobulus,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1892 - 630 sivua
...the spot where they fell, and of those who died before they who were dismissed by Leonidas went nway, the following inscription has been engraved over them...knowing the impending fate, would not abandon the Jeaders of Sparta." The Amphictyons are the persons who honored them with these inscriptions and columns,... | |
 | E. E. G. - 1903 - 752 sivua
...into the pass under the lash ; not by Persian might but by treachery alone was Thermopylae taken.1 " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here obedient to their commands." " Either your great and glorious city shall be destroyed by the sons of Perseus, or the watchers of... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1905 - 444 sivua
...them : " Four thousand from Peloponnesus once fought on this spot with three hundred myriads ! " l This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans..."Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, 1 Three millions. K., VOL. i.— 24 obedient to their commands ! " This was for the Lacedaemonians... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 610 sivua
...stone lion raised to his memory at the entrance to the pass, and of the inscription placed over all : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." When he pronounced these words, there went up a shout from the assembled multitude, which rent the... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 sivua
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." — Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (484?-425? B. c.) was... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 sivua
...slain Spartans, who were buried on the spot where they fell, the following inscription was engraved: 10 "Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." —Abridged. NOTES AND QUESTIONS Biographical and Historical Note. Herodotus (4847-425? B. c.) was... | |
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Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the illustrious Megistias, whom once the Medes, having passed the river... 
