 | John Bathurst Deane - 1830 - 418 pages
...Dissert. 8, c. vi. p. 85,) that Taxiles, a mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed...was of a stupendous size, being in extent equal to Jive acres, and resided in a low, deep place, walled round to a great height. The Indians offered sacrifices... | |
 | John Bathurst Deane - 1833 - 518 pages
...mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to 1 Paus. 570. ' 570. * Anal. ii. 135. Dd2 see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed...was daily fed by them from their flocks and herds." .... " Two dragons of the like nature are mentioned by Strabo, (lib. xv. p. 1022) which are said to... | |
 | Ephraim George Squier - 1851 - 278 pages
...(Dis. 8. c. vi. p. b,5,) that Taxiles, a mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to see a dragon which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed a god. It was of stupendous size, being in extent equal to five acres, and residing in a low deep place, walled round... | |
 | 1877 - 604 pages
...Alexander the Great to see •a dragon of stupendous size, being in extent over five acres, and which resided in a low, deep place •walled round to a great height." Another ancient romancer states that he saw a serpent in the plains of Macra, in Syria, which was "... | |
 | Barnard Shipp - 1897 - 520 pages
...curious, and which could win the attention of a foreigner. Among other things, he carried him to see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed...five acres; and resided in a low deep place, walled to a great height. The Indians offered sacrifices to it, and it was daily fed by them from their flocks... | |
 | Barnard Shipp - 1897 - 524 pages
...of a stupendous size, being in extent equal to five acres; and resided in a low deep place, walled to a great height. The Indians offered sacrifices...flocks and herds, which it devoured at an amazing rate : that it was treated rather as a tyrant than a benevolent deity. Two dragons of a like nature are... | |
 | John Bathurst Deane - 1996 - 422 pages
...Dissert. 8, c. vi. p. 85.) that Taxiles, a mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed...was daily fed by them from their flocks and herds." "Two dragons of the like nature are mentioned by Strabo, (lib. xv. p. 1022) which are said to have... | |
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Dissert. 8, c. vi. p. 85.) that Taxiles, a mighty prince of India, carried Alexander the Great to see a dragon, which was sacred to Dionusus, and itself esteemed a god. It was of a stupendous size, being in extent equal to five acres, and resided in a... 