Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of BaehrH.G. Bohn, 1848 - 613 pages |
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... thence named " the lighting of lamps . " The Egyptians who do not come to this public assembly observe the rite of sacrifice , and all kindle lamps , and this not only in Sais , but throughout all Egypt . A religious reason is given why ...
... thence named " the lighting of lamps . " The Egyptians who do not come to this public assembly observe the rite of sacrifice , and all kindle lamps , and this not only in Sais , but throughout all Egypt . A religious reason is given why ...
Page 133
... thence , wheeling round , he went back again ; and when he arrived at the river Phasis , I am unable after this to say with certainty , whether king Sesostris himself , having detached a portion of his army , left them there to settle ...
... thence , wheeling round , he went back again ; and when he arrived at the river Phasis , I am unable after this to say with certainty , whether king Sesostris himself , having detached a portion of his army , left them there to settle ...
Page 135
... thence he drew his revenues , having required them to pay a fixed tax every year ; but if the river happened to take away a part of any one's allotment , he was to come to him and make known what had happened ; where- upon the king sent ...
... thence he drew his revenues , having required them to pay a fixed tax every year ; but if the river happened to take away a part of any one's allotment , he was to come to him and make known what had happened ; where- upon the king sent ...
Page 137
... thence ( for the gale did not abate ) he came to Egypt , and in Egypt to that which is now called the Canopic mouth of the Nile , and to Ta- richeæ . On that shore stood a temple of Hercules , which re- mains to this day ; in which , if ...
... thence ( for the gale did not abate ) he came to Egypt , and in Egypt to that which is now called the Canopic mouth of the Nile , and to Ta- richeæ . On that shore stood a temple of Hercules , which re- mains to this day ; in which , if ...
Page 140
... thence , the Egyptians were unable to say ; but of the above particulars they said they knew some by inquiry , and others , having taken place among themselves , they were able from their own knowledge to speak of with certainty . 120 ...
... thence , the Egyptians were unable to say ; but of the above particulars they said they knew some by inquiry , and others , having taken place among themselves , they were able from their own knowledge to speak of with certainty . 120 ...
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Page 487 - This inscription was made for all ; and for the Spartans in particular : " Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians, that we lie here, obedient to their commands." This was for the Lacedaemonians ; and for the prophet, the following : " This is the monument of the illustrious Megistias, .whom once the Medes, having passed the river Sperchius, slew ; a prophet, who, at the time well knowing the impending fate, would not abandon the leaders of Sparta.
Page 145 - ... and it is of polished stone, with figures carved on it : on this road then ten years were expended, and in forming the subterraneous apartments on the hill, on which the pyramids stand, which he had made as a burial vault for himself, in an island, formed by draining a canal from the Nile.
Page 124 - ... and workmanship, and in size generally about one or two cubits in length; and showing this to each of the company, he says: 'Look upon this, then drink and enjoy yourself; for when dead you will be like this.
Page 108 - Greeks, from left to right, they move their hand from right to left; and they insist, notwithstanding, that it is they who go to the right, and the Greeks who go to the left. They have two quite different kinds of writing, one of which is called sacred, the other common.
Page 250 - 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, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passEd, in the third, having doubled the pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related what to me does not seem credible, but may to...
Page 156 - The water in this lake does not spring from the soil, for these parts are excessively dry, but it is conveyed through a channel from the Nile, and for six months it flows into the lake, and six months out again into the Nile.
Page 397 - ... and being poured from this into another, it assumes three different forms : the asphalt and the salt immediately become solid, but the oil they collect, and the Persians call it rhadinace ; it is black and emits a strong odour.
Page 98 - Nile should choose to divert his waters from their present bed into this Arabian gulf, what is there to hinder it from being filled up by the stream within, at the utmost, twenty thousand years ? For my part, I think it would be filled in half the time.
Page 120 - When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes on the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats, and neglect to put out the fire ; but the cats, making their escape, and leaping over the men, throw themselves into the fire and when this happens great lamentations are made among the Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural...
Page 426 - ... the shore, he beheld both the land army and the fleet ; and when he beheld them, he desired to see a contest take place between the ships ; and when it had taken place, and the Sidonian Phoenicians were victorious, he showed himself exceedingly gratified both with the contest and the army.