A Dissertation on the Geography of Herodotus: With a MapD. A. Talboys, 1830 - 86 páginas |
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Página 46 - Mongolian remedy of burning, which the Scythians universally employed ; the state of their bodies ; as well as their mode of life and customs, all point to this race of mankind. The adoration of the god of war under the figure of a holy...
Página 23 - Arabian chain of mountains from west to east measures two months' journey, (ie 12,000 stadia,) from the edge of the valley of the Nile, to the region of frankincense.' 1 say from the edge of the valley of the A'i/e, because the gulf is considered as inland, and not as a boundary of the country. But according to this, the region of frankincense...
Página 6 - ... .Herodotus considered the earth to be a plane. His notions, however, respecting the causes of the varieties of climate are by no means equally clear : so much so, that to a person who does not perceive their singular simplicity, the passages where they occur are wholly unintelligible. Severity and mildness of climate are, in his opinion, peculiar properties of countries, in the same way as fertility or barrenness of soil ; he derives the nature of the climate from the winds, which he considers...
Página 46 - Hippocrates pives of their appearance, and Herodotus of their customs and habits. Hippocrates (p. 29'2) speaks of their gross and bloated bodies, their joints buried in fat, their swollen bellies, and their scanty growth of hair. They were divided, as the Mongols have always been, into various hordes, which were all in the time of Herodotus dependent on the horde of the Royal Scythians, who dwelt above the Palus Meotis.