 | George Archdall O'Brien Reid, Sir George Archdall O'Brien Reid - 1901 - 328 pages
...festival than in all the rest of the year" (Herodotus, ii., 59-60). Herodotus visited Egypt, Bc 454. " At their convivial banquets, among the wealthy classes,...in a coffin the image of a dead body carved in wood and showing this to each of the company, he says, ' Look upon this, then drink and enjoy yourself,... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1903 - 848 pages
...brought to Rome from Egypt. "At their convivial banquets," says Herodotus of the Egyptians (ii. 78), " among the wealthy classes, when they have finished...as like as possible in colour and workmanship, and showing this to each of the company, he says, ' Look upon this, then drink and enjoy ourselves; for... | |
 | John Marshall, Orlando John Stevenson - 1904 - 296 pages
...feast. A reference to an eastern custom described by Herodotus in speaking of the Egyptians, as follows: "At their convivial banquets, among the wealthy classes,...dead body carved in wood, made as like as possible in color and workmanship, and in size generally about one or two cubits in length ; and showing this to... | |
 | John Walker - 1905 - 440 pages
...to Egypt, 454 BC, states that after supper among the wealthy it was the custom for a slave to carry round in a coffin the image of a dead body carved in wood, saying to each : " Look upon this — then drink and enjoy yourselves, for when dead you will be like... | |
 | 1905 - 626 pages
...conventional banquets among the wealthy classes when they had finished supper a man carried around in a coffin the image of a dead body, carved in wood, and showing this to each of the company he said, "look upon this, then drink and enjoy yourselves,... | |
 | Rowland Thirlmere - 1905 - 440 pages
...to Egypt, 454 BC, states that after supper among the wealthy it was the custom for a slave to carry round in a coffin the image of a dead body carved in wood, saying to each : " Look upon this — then drink and enjoy yourselves, for when dead you will be like... | |
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At their convivial banquets, among the wealthy classes, when they have finished supper, a man carries round in a coffin the image of a dead body carved in wood, made as like as possible in color and workmanship, and in size generally about one or two... 
