 In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents," not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but have two horns on the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong.  Herodotus - Page 79by Herodotus - 1830Full view - About this book
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1841 - 528 pages
...(Nat. Deor. lib.i.); Herodotus from Arabia. § Aristot. An. i. 5. || Herodot. ii. 74. to man ; and when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred." These horned snakes are very common in Upper Egypt, but are seldom found as... | |
 | sir John Gardner Wilkinson - Agriculture - 1841 - 532 pages
...(Nat. Dcor. lib.i.); Herodotus from Arabia. § Aristot. An. i. 5. || Herodot. ii. 74. to man ; and when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred." These horned snakes are very common in Upper Egypt, but are seldom found as... | |
 | James Ewing Cooley - Arabian Peninsula - 1843 - 668 pages
...species of sacred snake, of a very small size, on whose head are two horns. They do no harm to man ; and when they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are reputed to be sacred."J This horned serpent is said, however, to be very venomous, and is now often... | |
 | Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...innoxious to man ; they are of diminutive size, and have two horns sprouting from the top of the head ; and when they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whem they are said to be sacred."* But it would also appear, that Serpents were regarded as genii,... | |
 | Herodotus - Greece - 1859 - 524 pages
...to the temple of the sun. LXXIV. In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents/1 not at all troublesome to men; they are very small, but have...purpose of obtaining information concerning the winged serpent.12 I saw here a prodigious quantity of quae de phomice ave, deque fiuvhtili equo el crocodiIjrum... | |
 | Jeremiah How - 1862 - 468 pages
...the head of a serpent." Herodotus says, " In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of their head. When they die they are buried in the Temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong."... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - Bible - 1863 - 888 pages
...superstitious reverence in other temples. " In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents not at all troublesome to men. They are very small, but have...temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong." — HDT. 1. II. c. 74. 19. The great king. " Amistres, Artaphernes, and the might Of great Astaspes,... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - Bible - 1863 - 726 pages
...superstitious reverence in other temples. " In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents not at all troublesome to men. They are very small, but have...in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong."—HDT. 1. nc 74. 19. The great king. " Amistres, Artaphernes, and the might Of great Astaspes,... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - Religion and science - 1873 - 518 pages
...a proper symbol of the stars." * " In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but...the top of the head. When they die, they are buried iu the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong." * This corresponds in some degree to a... | |
 | Thomas S. Millington - Plagues of Egypt - 1873 - 320 pages
...Egyptians). Herodotus speaks of a species of snake, in the neighbourhood of Thebes, with two horns upon its head. " When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong" (Herod, ii. 74). There were other serpents in Egypt which were not so highly esteemed, and one was... | |
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