 Egyptians, during their residence among that people ; though it is now difficult to determine what those customs were. Herodotus informs us, that the Arabs shave or cut their hair round in honour of Bacchus, who (they say...  The History of Herodotus - Page 354by Herodotus - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...t!nir hair round in honor of Bacchus, who, they say, had his hair cut in this way. The Macians also, a people of Lybia, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the crown of the head. Sec HERODOTUS, lib. iii. chap. 8; 4f lib. iv. chap. 175. 2361. [28.] Amono; the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1824 - 380 pages
...Levit. xix. 27. against the Israelites rounding the corners of their heads, and marring the cor. Tier of their beards, evidently refers to customs which...might have been in honour of some idol, and therefore forbidden to the Israelites. Home's Introd. Crit. Study, vol. iii. p. 356. i The Ethiopians use the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 630 pages
...shave or cut their hair round in honour of Bacchus, who (they say) wore his hair in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Lybia, cut their hair...round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head :3 in this manner the Chinese cut their hair to the present day. This might have been in honour of... | |
 | Moses Maimonides, James Townley - 1827 - 474 pages
...honour of Bacchus, who, they say, had his hair cut in this way. (Lib. iii, c. 8.) — He says also, that the Macians, a people of Lybia, cut their hair...round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head. (Lib. iv, c, 1?5.) In this manner the Chinese cut their hair in the present day .— The hair was much... | |
 | Moses Maimonides, James Townley - 1827 - 474 pages
...honour of Bacchus, who, they say, had his hair cut in this way. (Lib. iii, c. 8.) — He says also, that the Macians, a people of Lybia, cut their hair...round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head. (Lib. iv, c, 175.) In this manner the Chinese cut their hair in the present day — The hair was much... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...that the Arabs shave or cut their hair round in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head. — See Rev. T. Hartwell Home's Introduction, vol. ip 362. their ravenous propensities. Of a ferocious... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 pages
...that the Arabs shave or cut their hair round in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head. — See Rev. T. Hartwell Horne's Introduction, vol. ip 362. their ravenous propensities. Of a ferocious... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 700 pages
...honour of Bacchus, who (they say) wore his hair in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head ;7 in this manner the Chinese cut their hair to the present day. This might have been in honour of... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 696 pages
...(they say) wore his hair in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair rouiid, so as to leave a tuft on the top of the head ;7 in this manner the Chinese cut their hair to the present day. This might have been in honour of... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1840 - 720 pages
...honour of Bacchus, who (they say) wore his hair in this way ; and that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to leave a tuft on the...have been in honour of some idol, and, therefore, forbidden to the Israelites. The hair was much used in divination among the ancients ; and for purposes... | |
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