Croesus asked the god Apollo through his priestesses at Delphi, whether it was his custom to deceive his benefactors, and whether he was not ashamed
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To ask advice of the oracle, before he took any final decision, was a step which no pious king would omit.Continuing Cyrus Begins the Persian
Persia’s First Conquests
That Cyrus was the first Persian conqueror, and that the space which he overran covered no less than fifty degrees of longitude, from the coast of
Cyrus Begins the Persian Empire
This series has seven» easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: After the Fall of Assyria.IntroductionThe defeat of the Assyrians at