The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . st of the Greeks. Inthe Paeanean tribe was a woman named Phya, four cubits high,wanting three fingers, and in other respects handsome ; this womanthey dressed in a complete suit of armor, placed her on a chariot,and having shown her beforehand how to assume the most becom-ing demeanor, they drove her to the city, with heralds before, who,,on their arrival in the city, proclaimed what was ordered in theseterms: O Athenians, receive with kind wishes Pisistratus whomMinerva herself honoring above all men now conducts back t
The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . st of the Greeks. Inthe Paeanean tribe was a woman named Phya, four cubits high,wanting three fingers, and in other respects handsome ; this womanthey dressed in a complete suit of armor, placed her on a chariot,and having shown her beforehand how to assume the most becom-ing demeanor, they drove her to the city, with heralds before, who,,on their arrival in the city, proclaimed what was ordered in theseterms: O Athenians, receive with kind wishes Pisistratus whomMinerva herself honoring above all men now conducts back toher own citadel. The report was presently spread among thepeople that Minerva was bringing back Pisistratus ; and the peoplein the city believing this woman to be the goddess, both adored ahuman being, and received Pisistratus. Pisistratus having recovered the sovereignty in the mannerabove described, married the daughter of Megacles in accordancewith his agreement, but Pisistratus soon hearing of designs thatwere being formed against him, withdrew entirely out of the. 20 HERODOTUS. country, and arrivino in Eretria, consulted with his sons. Theopinion of Hippias prevailing, to recover the kingdom, they imme-diately began to collect contributions from those cities which feltany gratitude to them for benefits received ; and though manyo-ave large sums, the Thebans surpassed the rest in liberality. Atlencrth (not to give a detailed account) time passed, and everything was ready for their return, for Argive mercenaries arrivedfrom Peloponnesus; and a man of Naxos, named Lygdamis, whohad come as a volunteer, and brought both men and money,showed great zeal in the cause. Setting out from Eretria, theythey came back in the eleventh year of their exile, and first of allpossessed themselves of Marathon. While they lay encamped inthis place, their partisans from the city joined them, and othersfrom the various districts, to whom a tyranny was more welcomethan liberty, crowded to them. T
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