Herodotus. Book 1, Chapter 52.
52. These were the offerings sent by Croesus to Delphi. To the shrine of Amphiaruaus, with whose valor and misfortune he was acquainted, he sent a shield entirely of gold,and a spear, also of solid gold, both head and shaft. They were still existing in my day at Thebes, laid up in the temple of Ismenian Apollo.
52. These were the offerings sent by Croesus to Delphi. To the shrine of Amphiaruaus, with whose valor and misfortune he was acquainted, he sent a shield entirely of gold,and a spear, also of solid gold, both head and shaft. They were still existing in my day at Thebes, laid up in the temple of Ismenian Apollo.
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Text source: Herodotus. Translated by George Rawlinson, first issued in 1858. Grammar and spelling updated by Michael Presky, 1993.
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