The Geography of Herodotus ...: Illustrated from Modern Researches and DiscoveriesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - 607 pages |
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... Aegypt , Aethiopia , and Libya Proper ib CHAPTER II . AEGYPT . General description of Aegypt - a fertile valley , bounded on the east by the Arabian chain , and on the west by the Libyan Herodotus's account . Situation and boundaries of ...
... Aegypt , Aethiopia , and Libya Proper ib CHAPTER II . AEGYPT . General description of Aegypt - a fertile valley , bounded on the east by the Arabian chain , and on the west by the Libyan Herodotus's account . Situation and boundaries of ...
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... Aegypt and the rock and clay of Arabia and Syria on the east , and the red sand of Libya on the west 3. Gradual rise of the land Ionian theory , that Aegypt Proper was included in the Delta , proved to be absurd , as the Aegyptians were ...
... Aegypt and the rock and clay of Arabia and Syria on the east , and the red sand of Libya on the west 3. Gradual rise of the land Ionian theory , that Aegypt Proper was included in the Delta , proved to be absurd , as the Aegyptians were ...
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... Aegypt like a sea , and her cities like islands Cities protected by mounds Navigation carried on across the plain of ... Aegypt not distinctly laid down by Herodotus Supposed by him to have included Lower Aegypt , or the Delta , and ...
... Aegypt like a sea , and her cities like islands Cities protected by mounds Navigation carried on across the plain of ... Aegypt not distinctly laid down by Herodotus Supposed by him to have included Lower Aegypt , or the Delta , and ...
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... Aegypt . 381 ib 382 ib 383 CHAPTER IV . UPPER AEGYPT . Upper Aegypt of Herodotus included Heptanomis and Thebais Memphis Built by Menes on a site recovered from the Nile Lake excavated by Menes Explanation of Herodotus's description of ...
... Aegypt . 381 ib 382 ib 383 CHAPTER IV . UPPER AEGYPT . Upper Aegypt of Herodotus included Heptanomis and Thebais Memphis Built by Menes on a site recovered from the Nile Lake excavated by Menes Explanation of Herodotus's description of ...
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... Aegypt ib Erythrebolus ib Crocodilopolis ib Hermeopolis 434 Docks in the Arabian Gulf ib Upper Aegypt Proper , not described by Herodotus Extreme paucity of his topographical notions ib ib His account of Thebes and temple of Zeus , or ...
... Aegypt ib Erythrebolus ib Crocodilopolis ib Hermeopolis 434 Docks in the Arabian Gulf ib Upper Aegypt Proper , not described by Herodotus Extreme paucity of his topographical notions ib ib His account of Thebes and temple of Zeus , or ...
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Aegypt Aegyptian Aeolians Aethiopians AFRICA amongst ancient Apollo Arabian Araxes army Asia Minor Asiatic Asopus Athenians Athens Attica Boeotia called Carians carried Caspian CHAP Cissia Cithaeron coast contained cubits Darius deities described desert district Dorians east eastern Euphrates EUROPE Euxine extended feet flowed formed geography gold Greece Greeks Gulf Hecataeus Heeren Hellas Hellenic Heracles Herod Herodotus Herodotus's identified included inhabitants Ionians island Ister king lake Libya Lydia Lydians Matiene Medes miles Minyans modern Mount mountains Nasamones nations Nile nomades northern occupied oracle Osiris Pelasgians Peloponnesus Persian Phoenicians plain Plataea probably pyramids region Rennell river rodotus sacred Salamis Samians satrapy says scription Scythian sent ships side southern Spartans stadia Strabo supposed Susa Syrians temple territory Thebes Thessaly Thrace Thracians Tigris tion Topography town tribes viii voyage wall western whilst wore Xerxes Zeus
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Page 264 - The women also with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume: but if any of them, drawn by some that passeth by, lie with him, she reproacheth her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
Page 577 - Though we pursued the men we could not seize any of them ; but all fled from us, escaping over the precipices, and defending themselves with stones. Three women were however taken ; but they attacked their conductors with their teeth and hands, and could not be prevailed upon to accompany us. Having killed them, we flayed them, and brought their skins with us to Carthage.
Page 524 - Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Page 257 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall...
Page 577 - In this was a large island, and in the island a salt-water lake, and in this another island, where, when we had landed, we could discover nothing in the daytime except trees ; but in the night we saw many fires burning, and heard the sound of pipes, cymbals, drums, and confused shouts. We were then afraid, and our diviners ordered us to abandon the island.
Page 487 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 491 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 493 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Page 268 - Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills : therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Page 20 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.