Hercules into the northern sea,7 and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians accordingly, setting out from the Red Sea, navigated the southern sea ; when autumn came, they went ashore, and sowed the land, by whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing,... Herodotus - Page 250by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Moore - 1865 - 216 pages
...corn, they put to sea again." But, adds Herodotus, " they related what to me does not seem credible, that as they sailed round Libya they had the sun on their right hand," that is, to the north; the very circumstance that proves the truth of their statement—they never... | |
| Frederic George Stephens, J. H. Mann - 1870 - 324 pages
...sailing, and waited for harvest ; then, having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years were thus passed, in the third, having doubled the Pillars...sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya first known. "Subsequently the Carthaginians say that Libya is surrounded by water. For Sataspes, son of Teaspes,... | |
| Charles Tilstone Beke, Jesus Christ - 1872 - 332 pages
...Tyrians, who had circumnavigated Africa, ' related what to me (says he) does not seem credible, though it may to others, that as they sailed round Libya they had the sun on their right hand' * — that is to say, to the north of them at noon-day. Of course the Halicarnassian traveller himself... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1873 - 724 pages
...Egypt. This story may be believed by others, but to me it appears incredible, for they affirm that when they sailed round Libya they had the sun on their right hand." In the time of Herodotus, the Greeks were unacquainted with the phenomenon of a shadow falling to the... | |
| 1879 - 496 pages
...Egypt. This story may be believed by others, but to me it appears incredible, for they affirm that when they sailed round Libya they had the sun on their right hand." In the time of Herodotus, the Greeks were unacquainted with the phenomenon of a shadow falling to the... | |
| Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 446 pages
...attention from others, but to me it seems incredible, for they affirmed, that having sailed around Libya, they had the sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya for the first time known." 1 Pliny, the celebrated encyclopedist of ancient times, says that " while... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...compared.6 Libya shows itself to be surrounded by water, except so much of it as borders upon Asia. Neco, king of Egypt, was the first whom we know of, that...Libya is surrounded by water. For Sataspes, son of Teaspes, one of the Achaemenidae, did not sail round Libyn, 6 He means, " it is much wider than either... | |
| Herodotus - 1885 - 272 pages
...put to sea again. When two years had thus passed, in the third they doubled the pillars of Hercules, arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not...sailed round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand.1 Ever since that the Carthaginians say that Libya is surrounded by water. A great part of Asia... | |
| Charles Gould - 1886 - 432 pages
...Phoenicians in ships with orders to sail back through the pillars of Hercules into the Northern Sea, and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians accordingly,...that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on the right hand." Again, Pliny tells us (Book ii. chap. Ixvii, Translation by Bostock and Riley), "... | |
| Charles Gould - 1886 - 430 pages
...the Northern Sea, and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians accordingly, setting out from the Bed Sea, navigated the Southern Sea ; when autumn came...that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on the right hand." Again, Pliny tells us (Book ii. chap. Ixvii, translation by Bostock and Riley), "... | |
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