The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Volume 2John Murray, 1858 |
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... Foreign divinities . 16. Chief God of a city and the triad . 17. Deities multiplied to a great extent the unity . 18. Offices of the Deity - characters of Jupiter . 19. Resemblances of Gods to be traced from one original . 20 ...
... Foreign divinities . 16. Chief God of a city and the triad . 17. Deities multiplied to a great extent the unity . 18. Offices of the Deity - characters of Jupiter . 19. Resemblances of Gods to be traced from one original . 20 ...
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... Foreign auxiliaries in the time of Remeses III . P. 238 , ch . 155 , note * . ( Thebes . ) An Egyptian temple , surrounded by its temenos planted with trees . A procession with a sacred shrine is entering the temenos from the hypethral ...
... Foreign auxiliaries in the time of Remeses III . P. 238 , ch . 155 , note * . ( Thebes . ) An Egyptian temple , surrounded by its temenos planted with trees . A procession with a sacred shrine is entering the temenos from the hypethral ...
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... foreign . " - [ G . W. ] 66 By the " tracts thought to belong to Libya and Arabia , " Herodotus means the lands about the lake Marc- otis , and those on the canal which communicated with the Red Sea , as well as on the E. bank of the ...
... foreign . " - [ G . W. ] 66 By the " tracts thought to belong to Libya and Arabia , " Herodotus means the lands about the lake Marc- otis , and those on the canal which communicated with the Red Sea , as well as on the E. bank of the ...
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... foreign one , and the Greek derivation of Aidio is on a par with that of Isis , from elois , " knowledge ( Plut . de Is . s . 2 ) , and many others . The isle of Meroë , formed by three rivers , as Strabo and Josephus state , was the ...
... foreign one , and the Greek derivation of Aidio is on a par with that of Isis , from elois , " knowledge ( Plut . de Is . s . 2 ) , and many others . The isle of Meroë , formed by three rivers , as Strabo and Josephus state , was the ...
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... foreign settlers , it was looked upon as a dis- tinctive sign between the orthodox | Egyptian and the stranger , or the non - conformist . Nene therefore were allowed to study all the secrets of Egyptian knowledge unless they had ...
... foreign settlers , it was looked upon as a dis- tinctive sign between the orthodox | Egyptian and the stranger , or the non - conformist . Nene therefore were allowed to study all the secrets of Egyptian knowledge unless they had ...
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