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Zdroj: [1976, Literatura ludowa, Svazek 20, Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, 24, polština]
Hérodotos: Citáty anglicky
“It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 7 , Ch. 10.
The Histories
“It was a kind of Cadmean victory.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 1, Ch. 166, refering to a victory where both sides suffer extreme losses. Derived from the legends of Thebes, where the sons of Oedipus, and hence descendants of Cadmus, fought to the death.
The Histories
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 4, Ch. 74.
The Histories
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 3, Ch. 38
The Histories
“When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 7, Ch. 46.
The Histories
Though widely attributed to Herodotus this in fact comes from the Histories of Polybius, Book 16, chapter 28: "Some men, like bad runners in the stadium, abandon their purposes when close to the goal; while it is at that particular point, more than at any other, that others secure the victory over their rivals". (Translation of Evelyn S Shuckburgh).
Misattributed
“Although he had plenty of troops he did not have many men.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 7, Ch. 210.
The Histories
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 8, Ch. 60.
The Histories
“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
Book 7, Ch. 49.
The Histories
“At sea your men will be as far inferior to Greeks as women are to men.”
Herodotus kniha Histories
By Artemisa, the best persian warrior in Salamina, a very courageous woman. A superbe irony!
Book 8, Ch. 68.
The Histories
