Darius crossed over against them, to be not more than a thousand years, but just that number. This sacred gold the kings watch with the greatest care, and annually approach it with magnificent sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacred... An analysis and summary of Herodotus [by J.T. Wheeler]. - Pagina 86door James Talboys Wheeler - 1848 - 231 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacred gold happens to fall asleep in the open air on the festival, the Scythians say he cannot survive the year, and on this account they give him as much land as he can ride round on horseback in one day. The country... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pagina’s
...sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacred gold happens to fall asleep in the open air on the festival, the Scythians say he cannot survive the year, and on this account they give him as much land as he can ride round on horseback in one day. The country... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt - 1852 - 448 pagina’s
...sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacred gold happens to fall asleep in the open air on the festival, the Scythians say he cannot survive the year, and on this account they give him as much land as he can ride round on horseback in one day. The country... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pagina’s
...sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacred gold happens to fall asleep in the open air on the festival, the Scythians say he cannot survive the year, and on this account they give him as much land as he can ride round on horseback in one day. The country... | |
| Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pagina’s
...sacrifices to render it propitious. If he who has the sacreij gold happens to fall asleep in the open air on the festival, the Scythians say he cannot survive the year, and on this account they give him as much land as he can ride round on horseback in one day. The country... | |
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