The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Band 2Andrus & Jud, 1836 |
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... Herodotus and Xenophon differ in their acccunts of Cyrus Character and Eulogy of Cyrus CHAP . II . The history of Cambyses III . The history of Smerdis the Magian ibid . - 151 153 - 156 158 164 . 166 174 178 179 ibid . - 181 IV . The ...
... Herodotus and Xenophon differ in their acccunts of Cyrus Character and Eulogy of Cyrus CHAP . II . The history of Cambyses III . The history of Smerdis the Magian ibid . - 151 153 - 156 158 164 . 166 174 178 179 ibid . - 181 IV . The ...
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... Herodotus . The diminution , or probably the in- terruption of power , which happened in this vast empire might possi- bly give occasion to this difference of opinions , and may perhaps serve in some measure to reconcile them . The ...
... Herodotus . The diminution , or probably the in- terruption of power , which happened in this vast empire might possi- bly give occasion to this difference of opinions , and may perhaps serve in some measure to reconcile them . The ...
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... Herodotus , to have lasted but 520 years ; but the time when Nimrod lived , and Sardanapalus died , I take from him . i † Belus or Baal signifies Lord . + Gen. x . 9 . Lib . ii . p . 90. Il Ibid . 1 he was the first king of the ...
... Herodotus , to have lasted but 520 years ; but the time when Nimrod lived , and Sardanapalus died , I take from him . i † Belus or Baal signifies Lord . + Gen. x . 9 . Lib . ii . p . 90. Il Ibid . 1 he was the first king of the ...
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... Herodotus , was this very tower , which the sons of men pretended to raise to the clouds .. It is farther probable , that this ridiculous design having been defeated by such an astonishing prodigy , as none could be the author of but ...
... Herodotus , was this very tower , which the sons of men pretended to raise to the clouds .. It is farther probable , that this ridiculous design having been defeated by such an astonishing prodigy , as none could be the author of but ...
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... Herodotus , and seventy- five , according to Megasthenes . Into this lake was the whole river * Diodorus says , this bridge was five furlongs in length , which can hardly be true , since the Euphrates was one furlong broad . Strab . xvi ...
... Herodotus , and seventy- five , according to Megasthenes . Into this lake was the whole river * Diodorus says , this bridge was five furlongs in length , which can hardly be true , since the Euphrates was one furlong broad . Strab . xvi ...
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Seite 130 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Seite 131 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight : I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Seite 131 - Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him...
Seite 136 - Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Seite 130 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Seite 133 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Seite 67 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Seite 135 - Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Seite 70 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Seite 150 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.