 The largest of these walls is about equal in circumference to the city of Athens ; the battlements of the first circle are white, of the second black, of the third purple, of the fourth blue, of the fifth bright red. Thus the battlements of all the circles...  The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus - Page 53by Herodotus - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Antoine-Yves Goguet, Alexandre Conrad Fugère - 1761 - 374 pages
...third, and fo on of the reft. The battlements of the firft wall were painted white, thofe of the fecond black, of the third purple, of the fourth blue, of the fifth orange; and of the two laft circuits, the battlements of one was gilded •with filver, the other with... | |
 | Herodotus - 1837 - 450 pages
...they built vast and substantial walls at the place now called Ecbatana, rising up one circle within another. This fortification was so contrived, that...the two last are coated respectively with silver and gold"1i. Such, therefore, were the fortifications, that Dei'oces erected 99 around himself and his... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...was nearly equal to the circumference of Athens. The battlements of this outer wall were white, those odile, or else that the difficulty of doing this is stated without the pos orange: the battlements of each wall being thus distinguished by a different colour. The battlements... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 pages
...miles,) according to Diodorus, xvii. 1 10 :] " the battlements of the first are painted white ; those of the second, black ; of the third, purple ; of the fourth, blue ; of the fifth, a purple red ; and of the two last, the one is silvered and the other gilt." This City was placed at... | |
 | 1846 - 508 pages
...nearly equalled the circumference of Athens. The battlements of this outer wall were white ; those of the second, black ; of the third, purple ; of the fourth, blue ; of the fifth, orange ; • all the battlements being thus covered with a pigment. Of the last two walls, the battlements... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...walls is about equal in circumference to the city of Athens ; the battlements of the first circle are white, of the second black, of the third purple, of the fourth blue, of the fifth bright red. Thus the battlements of all the circles are painted with different colours ; but the two... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...walls is about equal in circumference to the city of Athens ; the battlements of the first circle are white, of the second black, of the third purple, of the fourth blue, of the fifth bright red. Thus the battlements of all the circles are painted with different colours ; but the two... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 720 pages
...walls is about equal in circumference to the city of Athens ; the battlements of the first circle are white, of the second black, of the third purple, of the fourth blue, of the fifth bright red. Thus the battlements of all the circles are painted with different colours ; but the two... | |
 | 1869 - 398 pages
...walls nearly equalled the circumference of Athens. The battlements of this outer wall were white; those of the second, black ; of the third, purple ; of the fourth, blue ; of the fifth, orange ; all the battlements being thus covered with a pigment. Of the last two walls, the battlements... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1870 - 168 pages
...Herodotus, describing the seven coloured walls of Ecbatana, says : " The battlements of the first circle are white ; of the second, black ; of the third, purple...battlements are all painted of those colours : the two last have coats respectively of silver and gold." — Herodotus, i. 98. WINDBAG. You embryo ! you chick... | |
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