Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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Page 77
... hundred and eighty in the whole circumference . Such is the size of the city of Babylon . It was adorned in a manner sur- passing any city we are acquainted with . In the first place , a moat deep , wide , and full of water , runs ...
... hundred and eighty in the whole circumference . Such is the size of the city of Babylon . It was adorned in a manner sur- passing any city we are acquainted with . In the first place , a moat deep , wide , and full of water , runs ...
Page 82
... hundred and eighty channels , on each side of the river , diverging every way ; then having distributed his army , he commanded them to dig . His design was indeed executed by the great numbers he employed ; but they spent the whole ...
... hundred and eighty channels , on each side of the river , diverging every way ; then having distributed his army , he commanded them to dig . His design was indeed executed by the great numbers he employed ; but they spent the whole ...
Page 83
... hundred stallions , and sixteen thousand mares ; for each stallion served twenty mares . He kept too such a number of Indian dogs , that four considerable towns in the plain were exempted from all other taxes , and appointed to find ...
... hundred stallions , and sixteen thousand mares ; for each stallion served twenty mares . He kept too such a number of Indian dogs , that four considerable towns in the plain were exempted from all other taxes , and appointed to find ...
Page 84
... hundred - fold , and when it produces its best , it yields even three hundred - fold . The blades of wheat and barley grow there to full four fingers in breadth ; and though I well know to what a height millet and sesama grow , I shall ...
... hundred - fold , and when it produces its best , it yields even three hundred - fold . The blades of wheat and barley grow there to full four fingers in breadth ; and though I well know to what a height millet and sesama grow , I shall ...
Page 88
... hundred and sixty trenches ; and it gushes out from forty springs , all of which , except one , dis- charge themselves into fens and swamps , in which it is said men live who feed on raw fish , and clothe themselves in the skins of sea ...
... hundred and sixty trenches ; and it gushes out from forty springs , all of which , except one , dis- charge themselves into fens and swamps , in which it is said men live who feed on raw fish , and clothe themselves in the skins of sea ...
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