Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General IndexHarper & Bros., 1855 - 613 pages |
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Page 86
... Egyptians . As often as a Babylonian has had in- tercourse with his wife , he sits over burning incense , and his wife does the same in some other place ; at break of day both wash , for they will not touch any vessel till they have ...
... Egyptians . As often as a Babylonian has had in- tercourse with his wife , he sits over burning incense , and his wife does the same in some other place ; at break of day both wash , for they will not touch any vessel till they have ...
Page 94
... Egyptians , before the reign of Psammitichus , con- sidered themselves to be the most ancient of mankind . But after Psammitichus , having come to the throne , endeavored to ascertain who were the most ancient , from that time they ...
... Egyptians , before the reign of Psammitichus , con- sidered themselves to be the most ancient of mankind . But after Psammitichus , having come to the throne , endeavored to ascertain who were the most ancient , from that time they ...
Page 95
... Egyptians , convinced by the above experiment , allowed that the Phrygi- ans were more ancient than themselves . 3. This relation I had from the priests of Vulcan at Memphis . But the Greeks tell many other foolish things , and ...
... Egyptians , convinced by the above experiment , allowed that the Phrygi- ans were more ancient than themselves . 3. This relation I had from the priests of Vulcan at Memphis . But the Greeks tell many other foolish things , and ...
Page 96
... Egyptians and a gift from the river ; and the parts above this lake , during a three days ' passage , of which ... Egyptian measure , is equal to sixty stades . So the whole coast of Egypt is three thousand six hundred stades in length ...
... Egyptians and a gift from the river ; and the parts above this lake , during a three days ' passage , of which ... Egyptian measure , is equal to sixty stades . So the whole coast of Egypt is three thousand six hundred stades in length ...
Page 97
... Egyptians ; for the space between the above- mentioned mountains , that are situate beyond the city of Mem- phis , seem to me to have been formerly a bay of the sea ; as is the case , also , with the parts about Ilium , Teuthrania ...
... Egyptians ; for the space between the above- mentioned mountains , that are situate beyond the city of Mem- phis , seem to me to have been formerly a bay of the sea ; as is the case , also , with the parts about Ilium , Teuthrania ...
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