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 79
... , with re- spect to the river Euphrates , which before ran in a straight line , and which flows through the middle of the city , this , by having channels dug above , she made so winding that 183-185 . ] 79 CLIO . I.
... , with re- spect to the river Euphrates , which before ran in a straight line , and which flows through the middle of the city , this , by having channels dug above , she made so winding that 183-185 . ] 79 CLIO . I.
Page 81
... flows past Susa , of which alone , and no other , the king drinks . A great number of four - wheeled carriages , drawn by mules , carry the water of this river , after it has been boiled in silver vessels , and follow him from place to ...
... flows past Susa , of which alone , and no other , the king drinks . A great number of four - wheeled carriages , drawn by mules , carry the water of this river , after it has been boiled in silver vessels , and follow him from place to ...
Page 88
... flows from the Matienian mountains , whence also springs the river Gyndes , which Cyrus distrib- uted into the three hundred and sixty trenches ; and it gushes out from forty springs , all of which , except one , dis- charge themselves ...
... flows from the Matienian mountains , whence also springs the river Gyndes , which Cyrus distrib- uted into the three hundred and sixty trenches ; and it gushes out from forty springs , all of which , except one , dis- charge themselves ...
Page 98
... flow takes place daily ; and I am of opinion that Egypt was for- merly a similar bay - this stretching from the Northern Sea toward Ethiopia ; and the Arabian Bay , which I am describ- ing , from the south toward Syria — and that they ...
... flow takes place daily ; and I am of opinion that Egypt was for- merly a similar bay - this stretching from the Northern Sea toward Ethiopia ; and the Arabian Bay , which I am describ- ing , from the south toward Syria — and that they ...
Page 99
... flows toward Pelusium and Canopus , and who attribute the rest of Fgypt partly to Libya and partly to Arabia — if we adopted this account , we should show that the Egyptians had not formerly any country of their own ; for the Delta , as ...
... flows toward Pelusium and Canopus , and who attribute the rest of Fgypt partly to Libya and partly to Arabia — if we adopted this account , we should show that the Egyptians had not formerly any country of their own ; for the Delta , as ...
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