 ... up of Ethiopian stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis was, for they would not else have attributed to her the building such a pyramid,...  Herodotus - Page 148by Herodotus - 1901 - 613 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 260 pages
...Rhodope. ' Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...would not else have attributed to her the building of such a pyramid, on which, so to speak, numberless thousands of talents were expended; besides, Rhodopis... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1897 - 248 pages
...Rhodope. ^Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...was, for they would not else have attributed to her the1 building of such a pyramid, on which, so to speak, numberless thousands of talents were expended;... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1921 - 992 pages
...stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this ' pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently ' appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...would not ' else have attributed to her the building of such a pyramid, on ' which, so to speak, numberless thousands of talents were ex' pended ; besides,... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1964 - 446 pages
...stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...years later than those kings who left these pyramids.' (Cary's translation.) In one of the three small pyramids near that of Mycerinus the name of this king... | |
 | E. A. Wallis Budge - 2001 - 344 pages
...stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...thousands of talents were expended ; besides, Rhodopis nourished in the reign of Amasis, and not at this time ; for she was very many years later than those... | |
 | 626 pages
...stone. Some of the Grecians erroneously say that this pyramid is the work of the courtesan Rhodopis ; but they evidently appear to me ignorant who Rhodopis...years later than those kings who left these pyramids." (Gary's translation.) In one of the three small pyramids near that of Mycerinus the name of this king... | |
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