 ... accustomed to ascend the highest parts of the mountains, and offer sacrifice to Jupiter, and they call the whole circle of the heavens by the name of Jupiter. They sacrifice to the sun and moon, to the earth, fire, water, and the winds. To these alone...  An analysis and summary of Herodotus [by J.T. Wheeler]. - Pagina 18door James Talboys Wheeler - 1848 - 231 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Herodotus - 1824 - 402 pagina’s
...and moon, to the earth, the firef, the water, and the winds. These are their original Gods; but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to Venus Urania, who by the Arabians is called Alitta, by the Assyrians Mylitta, and by the Persians Mitra8. CXXXII.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1824 - 380 pagina’s
...and moon, to the earth, the firef, the water, and the winds. These are their original Gods; but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to Venus Urania, who by the Arabians is called Alitta, by the Assyrians My- ; litta, and by the Persians Mitrag. CXXXII.... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pagina’s
...fire, water, and the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times : but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians...Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra. 132. The following is the established mode of sacrifice to the abovementioned deities : they do not... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pagina’s
...fire, water, and the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times : but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians...Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra. 132. The following is the established mode of sacrifice to the abovementioned deities : they do not... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pagina’s
...the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times ; but they have since learned from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to Venus...Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra. 132. The following is the established mode of sacrifice to the abovementioned deities: they do not... | |
 | Charles Lassalle - 1883 - 456 pagina’s
...Persians build no statues, temples, or altars. They offer sacrifice on the top of mountains to Zeus, by which name they call the heavens. They also sacrifice...learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to the heavenly Aphrodite, whom the Assyrians call Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra.... | |
 | Charles Lassalle - 1883 - 452 pagina’s
...Persians build no statues, temples, or altars. They offer sacrifice on the top of mountains to Zeus, by which name they call the heavens. They also sacrifice...learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to the heavenly Aphrodite, whom the Assyrians call Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra.... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pagina’s
...fire, water, and the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times : but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians...Mylitta, the Arabians, Alitta, and the Persians, Mitra. 132. The following is the established mode of sacrifice to the abovementioned deities : they do not... | |
 | 1892 - 880 pagina’s
...fire, water, and the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times : but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians...Venus Mylitta, the Arabians Alitta, and the Persians Milra." This is one of the many seemingly improbable statements in Herodotus which late research has... | |
 | 1892 - 850 pagina’s
...fire, water, and the winds. To these alone they have sacrificed from the earliest times : but they have since learnt from the Arabians and Assyrians to sacrifice to Venus Uiania, whom the Assyrians call Venus Mylitta, the Arabians Alitta, and the Persians Mitra." This is... | |
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