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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... carrying grease , or water .- ( 11 . ) Others carrying some implements .- ( 12 . ) Taskmasters or super- intendents . ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16. ) Superintendents and perhaps reliefs of men . In the columns of hieroglyphics to the extreme ...
... carrying grease , or water .- ( 11 . ) Others carrying some implements .- ( 12 . ) Taskmasters or super- intendents . ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16. ) Superintendents and perhaps reliefs of men . In the columns of hieroglyphics to the extreme ...
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... carried to the garner . NOTIONS OF THE IONIANS . 15. If then we choose. 22 await the harvest . Book II . animals abounded , would have been lost labour . In the district of Gower , in South Wales , corn is trodden in by sheep to this day ...
... carried to the garner . NOTIONS OF THE IONIANS . 15. If then we choose. 22 await the harvest . Book II . animals abounded , would have been lost labour . In the district of Gower , in South Wales , corn is trodden in by sheep to this day ...
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... carried ( ch . 41 ) . It is , however , very excusa- ble in him to confound the two God- desses , as they often assume each other's attributes , and it is then difficult to distinguish them without the hieroglyphic legends . See note 5 ...
... carried ( ch . 41 ) . It is , however , very excusa- ble in him to confound the two God- desses , as they often assume each other's attributes , and it is then difficult to distinguish them without the hieroglyphic legends . See note 5 ...
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... carry off what was not granted to their re- quest " We will go away if you give us something ; if not , we will never let you alone . We will either carry off the door , or the lintel , or the woman who sits within ; she is small , and ...
... carry off what was not granted to their re- quest " We will go away if you give us something ; if not , we will never let you alone . We will either carry off the door , or the lintel , or the woman who sits within ; she is small , and ...
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... carried by the winds to the S. , and then returned in the form of rain by the southerly winds . Compare Aristot . Meteor . ii . 2 ; Ana- creon , Od . xix . mivel . ὁ δ ̓ ἥλιος @ dλaooav . Cic . Nat . Deor . b . ii.- [ G. W. ] 36 SOURCES ...
... carried by the winds to the S. , and then returned in the form of rain by the southerly winds . Compare Aristot . Meteor . ii . 2 ; Ana- creon , Od . xix . mivel . ὁ δ ̓ ἥλιος @ dλaooav . Cic . Nat . Deor . b . ii.- [ G. W. ] 36 SOURCES ...
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