Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the History of Herodotus, with a Chronological Table, Volume 2Whittaker, 1844 - History, Ancient |
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Page 162 - . " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious ". For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom, therefore, ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you."
Page 428 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 218 - the Lord of Hosts, and it shall enter into the house .... of him that sweareth falsely by my name ; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof." The Septuagint, instead of ' volumen,
Page 262 - Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Graecia.
Page 218 - Jurando : quaerebat enim quse Numinis esset Mens, et an hoc illi facinus suaderet Apollo. Reddidit ergo metu, non moribus ; et tarnen omnem Vocem adyti dignam templo, veramque probavit, Extinctus tota pariter cum prole domoque, Et quamvis
Page 218 - And he said unto me, What seest thou ? And I answered, I see a flying roll This is the curse that gocth forth over the face of the whole earth .... for every one that
Page 218 - gocth forth over the face of the whole earth .... for every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side, according to it. I will bring it forth,
Page 93 - lying at a small distance from each other, against which the Moors place so many of their trinkets as they judge will be taken in exchange for them. If the Nigritians, the next morning, approve of the bargain', they take up the trinkets, and leave the gold
Page 401 - Eum, quicum bella géras, tam molli nomine appellari ? Quamquam id nomen durius jam effecit vetustas : a peregrino enim recessit, et proprie in eo, qui arma contra ferret, remansit *.
Page 261 - Saepe' ego audivi, milites, eum primum esse virum, qui ipse consulat quid in rem sit : secundum eum, qui bene monenti obediat."