| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...these regulations, and strictly upheld them, for the following reason : it had been foretold them_ by an oracle, when they first assumed the government,...the Grecians, they would be found to have cost less labor and expense than this labyrinth, though the temple in Ephesus is deserving of mention, and also... | |
| Herodotus - 1892 - 630 pages
...Grecians learned their names later than those of the other gods, and from the time when they learned them they trace their origin ; therefore they ascribe...the Grecians, they would be found to have cost less labor and expense than this labyrinth, though the temple in Ephesus is deserving of mention, and also... | |
| Herodotus - 1899 - 626 pages
...Vulcan from a brazen bowl should be King of all Egypt; for they used to assemble in all the temples. Now, they determined to leave in common a memorial...they built a labyrinth a little above the lake of Mceris, situated near that called the city of Crocodiles ; this I have myself seen, and found it greater... | |
| Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...of Vulcan from a brazen bowl, should be king of all Egypt ;" for they used to assemble in all th« temples. 148. Now, they determined to leave in common...should reckon up the buildings and public works of the Greciani?, they would be found to have cost less labour and expense than this labyrinth ; though the... | |
| Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1902 - 244 pages
...following descriptions have been given by classical authors : — " Now, they [ie, the twelve kings] determined to "leave in common a memorial of themselves;..."little above the Lake of Moeris, situated near that BC 2300] BY CLASSICAL WRITERS 53 "called the city of Crocodiles ; this I have myself seen, " and found... | |
| Gerald Massey - 1907 - 560 pages
...twelve signs now established in the circle of the ecliptic. "The twelve kings," continues Herodotus, " determined to leave in common a memorial of themselves,...built a labyrinth, a little above the lake of Moeris." This labyrinth " surpasses even the pyramid." It has twelve courts enclosed with walls, with doors... | |
| Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - 1911 - 530 pages
...hardly seems room between the Pyramid and the Bahr Selah. He says : " They (the twelve Kings of Egypt) built a labyrinth, a little above the lake of Moeris,...greater than can be described. For if any one should add together the buildings and public works of the Greeks, they would be found to have cost less labour... | |
| Gerald Massey - 2007 - 682 pages
...twelve signs now established in the circle of the ecliptic, "The twelve kings", continues Herodotus, "determined to leave in common a memorial of themselves,...built a labyrinth, a little above the lake of Moeris". This labyrinth "surpasses even the pyramid". It has twelve courts enclosed with walls, with doors opposite... | |
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