. Thackerayana;. 1 Crcesus, wishing to assure himself of the veracity of the dif-ferent oracles, sent deputies to consult the most celebrated sooth-sayers both in Africa and in Greece, with orders to inform them-selves how Crcesus was engaged at a certain hour on a day thatwas pointed out to them. His instructions were exactly carried out. The oracle ofDelphi returned the only correct reply. It was given in verses ofthe hexameter metre, and was in sub-stance : I know the number of grainsof sand in the sea, and the measure ofthe vast deep. I understand the dumb,and those who have not learned to
. Thackerayana;. 1 Crcesus, wishing to assure himself of the veracity of the dif-ferent oracles, sent deputies to consult the most celebrated sooth-sayers both in Africa and in Greece, with orders to inform them-selves how Crcesus was engaged at a certain hour on a day thatwas pointed out to them. His instructions were exactly carried out. The oracle ofDelphi returned the only correct reply. It was given in verses ofthe hexameter metre, and was in sub-stance : I know the number of grainsof sand in the sea, and the measure ofthe vast deep. I understand the dumb,and those who have not learned tospeak. My senses are saluted with thesavoury odour of a turtle stewed withthe flesh of lambs in a brazier, whichhas copper on all sides, above andbelow !; 1 In fact the king, desiring to selectsome employment which it would beimpossible to divine, had occupied him-self at the hour appointed for the re-velation in preparing a turtle and a lamb in a copper stewpan,which had also a lid of copper.—Vol. II. p. THACKER A YANA. History of Cyrus. *, . When the people of Ionia and Eolia learnt that Cyrushad mastered the Lydians, tbey despatched ambassadors to himat Sardis, proposing to be received into his empire, under the sameconditions as he had accorded to the Lydians. Cyrus, who before
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