 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1889 - 566 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians-, but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | John Henry Wright - 1902 - 490 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians ; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Modes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1909 - 668 Seiten
...archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, anil fought in a manner worthy of being recorded. They...they were likewise the first who dared to look upon tbe Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had... | |
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 566 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians, but thr Athenians in close array fell upon them and fought...upon the Median garb and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medcs had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | William Stearns Davis - 1912 - 404 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians ; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | Lilian Whiting - 1913 - 458 Seiten
...coming at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...being recorded. They were the first of the Greeks who introduced the custom of charging the enemy at a run, and they were likewise the first who dared... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1913 - 786 Seiten
...Greece refuse the Persian yoke and strike a blow for freedom. "The Athenians," says Herodotus, "were the first who dared to look upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear." l 75.... | |
 | Ida Carleton Thallon - 1914 - 680 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians ; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | George Howe, Gustave Adolphus Harrer - 1924 - 672 Seiten
...coming on at a run without either horsemen or archers. Such was the opinion of the barbarians; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought...upon the Median garb, and to face men clad in that fashion. Until this time the very name of the Medes had been a terror to the Greeks to hear. The two... | |
 | Eva T. H. Brann - 1991 - 828 Seiten
...the novel sight of men in full armor running in good order over a great distance, while the Athenians "were likewise the first who dared to look upon the Median garb." As for the Athenian phalanx, Herodotus leaves the looks of that swiftly advancing, gleaming engine... | |
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Such was the opinion of the barbarians; but the Athenians in close array fell upon them, and fought in a manner worthy of being recorded. They were the first of the Greeks, so far as I know, who introduced the custom of charging the enemy at a run, and... 
