In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents," not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but have two horns on the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong. Herodotus - Página 79por Herodotus - 1830Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - 1787 - 534 páginas
...ferpent was ehoien (k). " There are facred ferpents, near " Thebes, which are harmlefs (I), having * e two horns on the top of the head $ when " they die they are buried in the temple of " Jupiter." The name of Cneph (m), or good genius, was beftowed on it, as well as. • the divinity it reprefented,... | |
| Savary (M., Claude Etienne) - 1787 - 518 páginas
...ferpent was chofen (k). " There are facred ferpents, near " Thebes, which are harmlefs (I), having " two horns on the top of the head ; when " they die they are buried in trie temple of " Jupiter." The name of Cneph (m), or good genius, was beftowed on it, as well as the... | |
| Herodotus - 1812 - 478 páginas
...ages very extenfiive, and was introduced into all the mysteries wherever celebrated. It is remarkable men : they are very small, but have two horns on the...obtaining information concerning the winged serpent *39. I here saw a prodigious quantity of serpents that wherever the Ammonians founded any places of... | |
| William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 páginas
...Thehes there are also sacred serpents, very small, with two horns on the top of the head : when these die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong. See UEKODOT. Euterpe, Ixix, Ixxl, Ixv.i, i\xiv. 13, &c.] When it is said, ' Of the tree of the knowledge... | |
| 1821 - 790 páginas
...Bryant's Mythology, vol. ip 57. " In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but have two horns at the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said... | |
| 1822 - 792 páginas
...bat. It feeds on insects, and is in «very respect an animal of a harmless and inoffensive nature. There is a place in Arabia; near the city Butos, which...winged serpent. I saw here a prodigious quantity of serpents' bones, and ribs placed on heaps of different heights. They affirm that in the commencement... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 páginas
...scorpion, which had wings like those of the grasshopper. Herodotus, Hist. " Kuterpe," § 75, says, " There is a place in Arabia, near the city Butos, which...purpose of obtaining information concerning the winged serpents. I saw here a prodigious quantity of serpents, bones and ribs, placed on heaps of different... | |
| Edward Upham - 1824 - 348 páginas
...real but the universal soul. — Oupnek-bat, Vedas. (66) Sacred serpents are frequent about Thebes : when they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they belong. The Egyptians worshipped the goodness of the Creator under the name of Cneph. The serpent,... | |
| Herodotus - 1830 - 472 páginas
...to the temple of the sun. LXXIV. In the vicinity of Thebes there are also sacred serpents," not at all troublesome to men : they are very small, but...winged serpent." I saw here a prodigious quantity of quae de phcenice are, deque fluviatili equo et crocodilorum venarJone commemorat, p. 204. As to what... | |
| Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 páginas
...grasshopper. Herodotus, Hist. " Euterpe," $ 75, saya : ** There is a place in Arabia, near the city Bnto, which I visited for the purpose of obtaining information concerning the winged serpents. I saw here a prodigious quantity of serpents' bones and ribs, placed on heaps of di6erent... | |
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