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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OTHRYADES. Titb story of Othryades is familiar to every student of early Greek history. But as it appears from the statement of Herodotus, that part at least of the story was not told with absolute certainty in his time, the writer has had less scruple in deviating somewhat from his narrative. As told Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OTHRYADES. Titb story of Othryades is familiar to every student of early Greek history. But as it appears from the statement of Herodotus, that part at least of the story was not told with absolute certainty in his time, the writer has had less scruple in deviating somewhat from his narrative. As told by him, out of the three hundred Argives and three hundred Spartans who were appointed to decide by battle a dispute between the two cities for the border territory of Thyrea, Othryades remained alone of the Spartans, and spoiled the enemy's dead, as here related; while two Argives, named Alcenor and Chromius, survived and went to Argos with tidings of victory. Afterwards, when parties came from both cities to the place of combat, each asserted the victory to belong to their own party; the Argives, because a greater number of them had survived; the Spartans, because their champion had kept possession of the field, and spoiled the Argive dead. A general battle ensued in which the Argives were worsted. The suicide of Othryades is mentioned by the historian as a report. The Sun-God's orb hath sunk to rest Beyond the western main, While a lonely man is keeping watch Upon a battle-plain; There is a helmet on his brow, A spear is in his hand, He standeth like the sentinel To guard a sleeping band. Right valiant men around him Are gathered far and near, But yet no voice of mortal man May strike the warder's ear; There is no sound of revelry, No sound of hymn nor prayer, No sleeper draws his heavy breath Beneath the midnight air. The hum of man is hushed below, The heavens above are still, And Zeus himself is taking rest Upon his holy hill. But the lonely man still kecpeth watch, Nor sound is in his ear, Save the night-raven's flapping wings, . Books, History~~General, Poems-Legendary-And-Historical~~Edward-Augustus-Freeman, 999999999, Poems, Legendary And Historical, Edward Augustus Freeman, 1103029738, BiblioBazaar, , , , , BiblioBazaar<

ISBN: 1103029738

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