The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . rociousthings from him. In this sad condition, asbeing in peril for his life, and having tosuffer many tortures before death, he per-formed a deed beyond belief For as hewas confined in stocks bound with iron,he got possession of a knife, which hadby some means been carried in, andimmediately cut off the broad part of his foot—the most resolute deed I ever heard of Then, ashe was guarded by sentinels, he dug a hole through the walland escaped to Tegea, travelling by night, and by day hiding him-self in the woods and tarr
The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . rociousthings from him. In this sad condition, asbeing in peril for his life, and having tosuffer many tortures before death, he per-formed a deed beyond belief For as hewas confined in stocks bound with iron,he got possession of a knife, which hadby some means been carried in, andimmediately cut off the broad part of his foot—the most resolute deed I ever heard of Then, ashe was guarded by sentinels, he dug a hole through the walland escaped to Tegea, travelling by night, and by day hiding him-self in the woods and tarrying there. Thus, though the Lacedae-monians searched for him with their whole population, on the thirdnight he arrived at Tegea ; but they were struck with great amaze-ment at his daring, when they saw half his foot lying on theground, and were not able to find him. In time, cured of hiswounds, he procured a wooden foot, and became an avowedenemy to the Lacedaemonians. However, at last his hatred con-ceived against the Lacedaemonians did not benefit him ; for he was. COAT OF MAIL. 312 HERODOTUS. taken by them when acting as diviner at Zacynthus, and put todeath. The death of Hegesistratus took place after the battle ofPlataea : but at that time, on the Asopus, he was hired by Mar-donius for no small sum to sacrifice, and was very zealous, bothfrom hatred to the Lacedaemonians and from a love of gain. Meantime, Timagenides, a Theban, advised Mardonius to guardthe passes of Mount Cithaeron; saying, that the Greeks were con-tinually pouring in every day, and that he would intercept greatnumbers. Eight days had already elapsed since they had beenposted opposite each other ; but Mardonius thought the sugges-tion good, and as soon as it was night, sent some cavalry to thepasses of Cithaeron, that lead to Plataea, which the Boeotians callThe Three Heads ; but the Athenians, The Heads of Oak. Thehorsemen that were sent did not arrive in vain ; for issuing on theplain, they took five
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