The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books. To which are Added the Fragments of Diodorus, and Those Published by H. Valesius, I. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus, Volume 1W. MʻDowall, 1814 |
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The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books ..., Volume 1 Diodorus (Siculus.) Visualização integral - 1814 |
The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books ..., Volume 1 Diodorus (Siculus.) Visualização integral - 1814 |
The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books ..., Volume 1 Diodorus (Siculus.) Visualização integral - 1814 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 106 - Babylon, making its course to the south, the palaces lie the one on the east, and the other on the west side of the river; both built at exceeding costs and expense.
Página 60 - ... losing his whole army, through the difficulty of the "passages, and want of. provisions. And, therefore, "putting a stop to his expedition in Thrace, up and " down in all his conquests, he erected pillars, whereon "were inscribed, in Egyptian letters, called hiero"glyphics, these words: — ' Sesostris, king of kings, " and lord of lords, subdued this country by his arms.
Página 310 - They that inhabit the British promontory Balerium, by reason of their converse with merchants, are more civilised and courteous to strangers than the rest are. These are the people that make the tin, which with a great deal of care and labour they dig out of the ground...
Página 110 - ... garden has steep rocks seventeen furlongs from the top to the bottom. She cut out a piece of the lower part of the rock, and caused her own image to be carved upon it, and a hundred of her guard that were lanceteers standing round about her.
Página 139 - ... the earth ; and that Apollo, once in nineteen years, comes into the island; in which space of time the stars perform their courses, and return to the same point; and therefore the Greeks call the revolution of nineteen years, the Great Year.
Página 311 - ... islands which lie between Britain and Europe, for at full sea they appear to be islands, but at low water for a long way they look like so many peninsulas.) Hence the merchants transport the tin they buy of the inhabitants to Gaul ; and for thirty days' journey they carry it in packs on horses' backs through Gaul to the mouth of the river Ehone.
Página 139 - ... sacred hymns to Apollo in the temple, setting forth his glorious acts. The Hyperboreans use their own natural language : but of long and ancient time have had a special kindness for the Grecians, and more especially for the Athenians, and them of Delos.
Página 92 - ... punished. If no informer appear, or that the information prove false, all the kindred of the deceased leave off mourning, and begin to set forth his praises; but say nothing of his birth, (as is the custom among the Greeks), because they account all in Egypt to be equally noble. But they recount how the deceased was educated from a child, his breeding till he came to man's estate, his piety towards the gods, and his justice towards men, his chastity and other virtues, wherein he excelled; and...
Página 139 - Apollo's priests, who has there a stately grove and renowned temple, of a round form, beautified with many rich gifts. That there is a city likewise consecrated to this god...
Página 51 - He taught the people the adoration of the gods, and the manner of divine worship; how to adorn their beds and tables with rich cloths and coverings, and was the first that brought in a delicate and sumptuous way of living.