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  • When the man called Mys came to this temple with three men chosen from the citizens1337 in his company, who were sent by the public authority to write down that which the god should utter in his divination, forthwith it is said the prophet1338 of the god began to give the oracle in

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • When the man called Mys came to this temple with three men chosen from the citizens [104] in his company, who were sent by the public authority to write down that which the god should utter in his divination, forthwith it is said the prophet [105] of the god began to give the oracle in a Barbarian tongue; and while those of the Thebans who accompanied him were full of wonder, hearing a Barbarian instead of the Hellenic tongue, and did not know what to make of the matter before them, it is said that the man of Europos, Mys, snatched from them the tablet which they bore and wrote upon it that which was being spoken by the prophet; and he said that the prophet was giving his answer in the Carian tongue: and then when he had written it, he went away and departed to Thessaly.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • I'm currently about a third of the way through level seven, and about as ludicrously unbalanced as I've ever been, stat-wise 45 Mus, 26 Mys, 28 Mox.

    Happy book day! yendi 2006

  • Mys tepson is having a 'heritage day' at school so we're perusing the Internet for 3 ideas for a lunch.

    Noodle IMBB#22 (Sweet noodles and 4 toppings) 2006

  • This Mys is known to have come to Lebadeia and to have persuaded by payment of money one of the natives of the place to go down to Trophonios, and also he came to the Oracle at Abai of the Phokians; and moreover when he came for the first time to Thebes, he not only consulted the Ismenian

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • After this a thing which to me is a very great marvel is said by the Thebans to have come to pass: — it seems that this man Mys of Europos, as he journeyed round to all the Oracles, came also to the sacred enclosure of the Ptoan Apollo.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Hellenic tongue, and did not know what to make of the matter before them, it is said that the man of Europos, Mys, snatched from them the tablet which they bore and wrote upon it that which was being spoken by the prophet; and he said that the prophet was giving his answer in the Carian tongue: and then when he had written it, he went away and departed to Thessaly.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • The sadness of its cold hard coils wrapped around me, cutting off the last fading hope that my Mys, whom I trusted and whom I once thought loved me, would ever come back.

    The Backward Bird Dog David Slomin 1997

  • My Mys would jump in and splash and paddle from one end to the other.

    The Backward Bird Dog David Slomin 1997

  • I showed them where the singles were and pointed them for my Mys.

    The Backward Bird Dog David Slomin 1997

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