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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... signifies in Ta- taric , ' a ditch . ' The Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus informs us , that in his time this canal was filled up . The mountains of which Herodotus speaks were within the confines of the Chersonesus Taurica ; there ...
... signifies in Ta- taric , ' a ditch . ' The Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus informs us , that in his time this canal was filled up . The mountains of which Herodotus speaks were within the confines of the Chersonesus Taurica ; there ...
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... signifies ' jacu- lari , ' ' jaculatorem . ' From this word are derived ' szaudu , ' which we find in Constantine Szyruidus , and which signifies , ' I draw the bow , ' ' I shoot arrows , ' and ' szaudikie , ' which means an arrow . In ...
... signifies ' jacu- lari , ' ' jaculatorem . ' From this word are derived ' szaudu , ' which we find in Constantine Szyruidus , and which signifies , ' I draw the bow , ' ' I shoot arrows , ' and ' szaudikie , ' which means an arrow . In ...
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... signifies , that the kings had this gold brought to them every year . I think he is in the right , and I have ... signify a flock or herd . ' H ππоç , is cavalry ; ovos , is a herd of asses . Ιστέον δὲ ὅτι οἱ Ιωνες πάσας τὰς ἀγέλας ...
... signifies , that the kings had this gold brought to them every year . I think he is in the right , and I have ... signify a flock or herd . ' H ππоç , is cavalry ; ovos , is a herd of asses . Ιστέον δὲ ὅτι οἱ Ιωνες πάσας τὰς ἀγέλας ...
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... signifies a forest . ' 6 [ The tract here called Hylæa , or woodland , is that part of the Steppe between the Dnieper and the Sea of Asoph , which the Nogay Tatars now call Yambogluk . It is at present quite destitute of wood , though ...
... signifies a forest . ' 6 [ The tract here called Hylæa , or woodland , is that part of the Steppe between the Dnieper and the Sea of Asoph , which the Nogay Tatars now call Yambogluk . It is at present quite destitute of wood , though ...
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... signifies of cattle and live stock with four feet . Πάντα τὰ τετράποδα ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ πρόβατα . ' The ancients called all animals with four feet πρόβατα . 49. Пiλ σтεyvų λεvк . With a compact white woollen stuff . This was not a ...
... signifies of cattle and live stock with four feet . Πάντα τὰ τετράποδα ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ πρόβατα . ' The ancients called all animals with four feet πρόβατα . 49. Пiλ σтεyvų λεvк . With a compact white woollen stuff . This was not a ...
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Page 163 - Mars' hill and said, 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.
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Page 93 - Moors, that they still continue to carry on a trade with some barbarous nations bordering upon the river Niger, without seeing the persons they trade with, or without having once broke through that original charter of commerce which from time immemorial has been settled between them. The method...
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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 dust, or else make some deduction from the latter.