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" Bubastis, they act as follows : for men and women embark together, and great numbers of both sexes in every barge : some of the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and... "
The nine books of the History of Herodotus tr. from the text by T. Gaisford ... - Page 134
by Herodotus - 1837
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The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus, Volume 1

Herodotus - 1846 - 426 pages
...both sexes are seen in every barge : some of the women have rattles, with which they make a noise"", some of the men also play on the fife, in every boat:...also dance; while others, standing forth, pull up * The Egyptians weru black : see '"-' fntMtrmt - - - - r«IvMHU. This cltap. 104. mode of speech does...
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Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr

Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary: Illustrative of the Old and New ...

John Farrar - 1852 - 692 pages
...Israelites on this occasion. He says, " Some of the women play on castanets, and the men play on the flute ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time." See Book ii., 60. " When the manifestation of Apis took place, the Egyptians...
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Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a ...

Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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The history of woman

Stephen Watson Fullom - 1855 - 428 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage : the rest of the women and men sing, and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of the passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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My Winter on the Nile: Among the Mummies and Moslems

Charles Dudley Warner - 1876 - 496 pages
...women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; and the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time." And he goes on to say that when they came to any town they moored the barge,...
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Herodotus: Literally Translated from the Text of Baehr : with a Geographical ...

Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, Volume 9

Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) - 1893 - 576 pages
...the women have castanets, on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When 1 Herodotus, ii, 137. in the course of their passage they come to any...
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The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt

Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1893 - 456 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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Herodotus, Book 7

Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...the women have castanets on which they play, and the men play on the flute during the whole voyage ; the rest of the women and men sing and clap their hands together at the same time. When in the course of their passage they come to any town, they lay their...
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