 | Herodotus - 1860 - 586 páginas
...was taken by the band of Persians under Hydarnes, whom the king called his "Immortals:"6 they, it waa thought, would soon finish the business. But when...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few.T At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 490 páginas
...place was taken by the band of Persians under Hydarnes, whom the king called his " Immortals : " * they, it was thought, would soon finish the business....few.7 At last the Persians, finding that all their eiforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that whether they attacked by divisions or in any other... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1890 - 938 páginas
...the two armies fighting in a narrow space, and the barbarians using shorter spears than the Greeks, and having no advantage from their numbers. The Lacedaemonians...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 438 páginas
...numbers. The Lacedaemonians fought in a way worthy of note, and showed themselves far more skillful in fight than their adversaries, often turning their...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 446 páginas
...numbers. The Lacedaemonians fought in a way worthy of note, and showed themselves far more skillful in fight than their adversaries, often turning their...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | William Stearns Davis - 1912 - 394 páginas
...bodyguard. bers. The Lacedaemonians fought in a way worthy of note, and showed themselves far more skillful in fight than their adversaries, often turning their...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | Hutton Webster, Ph.d - 1913 - 316 páginas
...were all flying away, on which the barbarians would rush after them with much noise and shouting. Then the Spartans at their approach would wheel round and...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | Chauncey Wetmore Wells - 1914 - 328 páginas
...before—the two armies fighting in a narrow space, and the barbarians using shorter spears than the Greeks, and having no advantage from their numbers. The Lacedaemonians...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1996 - 772 páginas
...the two armies fighting in a narrow space, and the barbarians using shorter spears than the Greeks, and having no advantage from their numbers. The Lacedaemonians...likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that,... | |
 | Christon I. Archer - 2002 - 648 páginas
...away, on which the barbarians would rush after them with much noise and shouting, when the Spartans would wheel round and face their pursuers, in this way destroying vast numbers of the enemy.'' Xerxes was in despair, but a Greek, hoping for a reward, told the king ot a mountainous route around... | |
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Lacedaemonians fought in a way worthy of note, and showed themselves far more skilful in fight than their adversaries, often turning their backs, and making as though they were all flying away, on which the barbarians would rush after them with much noise... 
