The History of Herodotus. A new Engl. version, ed. with notes by G. Rawlinson assisted by sir H. Rawlinson and sir J.G. Wilkinson, Volume 21875 |
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... Pliny writes , " Thebe portarum centum nobilis fama . " The Egyptian name of Thebes was Ap , or A'pé , the head , " or " capital . " This , with the feminine article , became Tápé , and in the Memphitic dialect Thapé , pro- nounced , as ...
... Pliny writes , " Thebe portarum centum nobilis fama . " The Egyptian name of Thebes was Ap , or A'pé , the head , " or " capital . " This , with the feminine article , became Tápé , and in the Memphitic dialect Thapé , pro- nounced , as ...
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... Pliny ( v . 10 ) to this lake is evidently a false reading . It should be Racotis , and applies to Alexandria .— [ G . W. ] 7 The schoene , an Egyptian mea- sure , varied from 30 and 32 to 40 stadia , according to Pliny ( v . 10 , xii ...
... Pliny ( v . 10 ) to this lake is evidently a false reading . It should be Racotis , and applies to Alexandria .— [ G . W. ] 7 The schoene , an Egyptian mea- sure , varied from 30 and 32 to 40 stadia , according to Pliny ( v . 10 , xii ...
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... taken from its apex . Pliny ( 36 , 8 ) supposes that Mitres , the first king who erected an obelisk , held his court at Heliopolis , and that those monuments were dedicated to the ΙΟ BOOK II . Sun ; but that depended upon.
... taken from its apex . Pliny ( 36 , 8 ) supposes that Mitres , the first king who erected an obelisk , held his court at Heliopolis , and that those monuments were dedicated to the ΙΟ BOOK II . Sun ; but that depended upon.
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... Pliny , mention this custom of tread . ing in the grain " with pigs " in Egypt : but no instance occurs of it in the tombs , though goats are some- times so represented in the paintings . It is indeed more probable that pigs were turned ...
... Pliny , mention this custom of tread . ing in the grain " with pigs " in Egypt : but no instance occurs of it in the tombs , though goats are some- times so represented in the paintings . It is indeed more probable that pigs were turned ...
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... Pliny ( vi . 35 ; see note on ch . 110 ) ; Nahum ( iii . 9 ) calls Ethiopia and Egypt the strength of No ( Thebes ) ; and Strabo says ( i . p . 57 ) that Menelaus ' journey to Ethiopia really meant to Thebes . The modern name Musr or ...
... Pliny ( vi . 35 ; see note on ch . 110 ) ; Nahum ( iii . 9 ) calls Ethiopia and Egypt the strength of No ( Thebes ) ; and Strabo says ( i . p . 57 ) that Menelaus ' journey to Ethiopia really meant to Thebes . The modern name Musr or ...
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Page 132 - 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 381 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Page 255 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 380 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 176 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 58 - In other countries the priests have long hair, in Egypt their heads are shaven; elsewhere it is customary, in mourning, for near relations to cut their hair close: the Egyptians, who wear no hair at any other time, when they lose a relative, let their beards and the hair of their heads grow long. All other men pass their lives separate from animals, the Egyptians have animals always living with them; others make barley and wheat their food; it is a disgrace to do so in Egypt, where the grain they...
Page 190 - Rhampsinitus was possessed, they said, of great riches in silver, — indeed to such an amount, that none of the princes, his successors, surpassed or even equalled his wealth. For the better custody of this money, he proposed to build a vast chamber of hewn stone, one side of which was to form a part of the outer wall of his palace. The builder, therefore, having designs upon the treasures, contrived, as he was making...
Page 135 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 61 - When they write or calculate, instead of going, like the Greeks, from left to right, they move their hand from right to left; and they insist, notwithstanding, that it is they who go to the right, and the Greeks who go to the left.
Page 171 - A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous...