 ... still less ; and there were great numbers of them. The place in which these spinal bones lie scattered, is of the following description : it is a narrow pass between two mountains into a spacious plain ; this plain is contiguous to the plain of Egypt...  The Histories of Herodotus - Page 111by Herodotus - 1899 - 568 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1837 - 450 pages
...concerning some winged serpents. On my arrival there, I beheld such quantities of prickly bones as would be impossible to describe : there were heaps of these spinal bones m, some large, others small, others again still smaller ; all in great quantities. The spot where the... | |
 | 1850 - 640 pages
...of Buto, to which Herodotus went on hearing of some winged serpents ; and when he arrived there, he saw bones and spines of serpents in such quantities as it would be impossible to describe : there they were in heaps, and of all sizes. Now this place is a narrow pass between two mountains, opening... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...serpents die they bury them in the temple of Jupiter, for they say they are sacred to that god. 75. There is a place in Arabia, situated very near the...numbers of them. The place in which these spinal bones lie scattered, is of the following description : it is a narrow pass between two mountains into a spacious... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 pages
...of Buto, to which Herodotus went on hearing of some winged serpents ; and when he arrived there, he saw bones and spines of serpents in such quantities as it would be impossible to describe ; there they were in heaps, and of all sizes. Now this place is a narrow pass between two mountains, opening... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 744 pages
...superstition. Having heard of the relics of some winged serpents near the city of Buto, he went to see them. " When I arrived there I saw bones and spines of serpents,...these spinal bones, some large, some smaller, and some still less, and there were great numbers of them. " The place in which these spinal bones lie... | |
 | John George Wood - 1869 - 758 pages
...superstition. Having heard of the relics of some winged serpents near the city of Buto, he went to see them. " When I arrived there I saw bones and spines of serpents,...these spinal bones, some large, some smaller, and some still less, and there were great numbers of them. " The place in which these spinal bones lie... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 pages
...Still, his belief in dragons auil fiyiugserpents was strong; for he asserts to have seen heaps of bones of serpents " in such quantities as it would be impossible to describe," all lying in a narrow part between two mountains opening on the plaius of Egypt. The report was that... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...serpents die they bury them in the temple of Jupiter, for they say they are sacred to that god. 75. There is a place in Arabia, situated very near the...numbers of them. The place in which these spinal bones lie scattered, is of the following description : it is a narrow pass between two mountains into a spacious... | |
 | John George Wood - 1887 - 264 pages
...burial-places, having been preserved for some three thousand years. of Buto, he went to see them. ' When I arrived there I saw bones and spines of serpents,...these spinal bones, some large, some smaller, and some still less, and there were great numbers of them. ' The place in which these spinal bones lie... | |
 | Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...serpents die they bury them in the temple of Jupiter, for they say they are sacred to that god. 75. There is a place in Arabia, situated very near the...numbers of them. The place in which these spinal bones lie scattered, is of the following description : it is a narrow pass between two mountains into a spacious... | |
| |
