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Side v
... Herodotus . - His literary Ardour and Success . - His Travels . - Describes the Scythians . - Received Intelligence re- specting the Arimasps and Griffons . - In vain sought the Hyperboreans.- Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns ...
... Herodotus . - His literary Ardour and Success . - His Travels . - Describes the Scythians . - Received Intelligence re- specting the Arimasps and Griffons . - In vain sought the Hyperboreans.- Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns ...
Side vi
... Herodotus ignorant of the Carthaginian Dis- coveries . - Voyage of Hanno to the Negro Country . - Sees Crocodiles and Hippopotami . - Nocturnal Fires . - Gorrillæ , or Ourang Outangs . - Himilco ex plores the Northern Seas . - Finds the ...
... Herodotus ignorant of the Carthaginian Dis- coveries . - Voyage of Hanno to the Negro Country . - Sees Crocodiles and Hippopotami . - Nocturnal Fires . - Gorrillæ , or Ourang Outangs . - Himilco ex plores the Northern Seas . - Finds the ...
Side 19
... Herodotus . - His literary Ardour and Success . His Travels . - Describes the Scythians . - Received Intelligence re- specting the Arimasps and Griffons . - In vain sought the Hyperboreans . Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns ...
... Herodotus . - His literary Ardour and Success . His Travels . - Describes the Scythians . - Received Intelligence re- specting the Arimasps and Griffons . - In vain sought the Hyperboreans . Effect of Climate on the Growth of Horns ...
Side 20
... Herodotus read his books , which were named from the Muses , before the senate at Athens , in the year 445 B. C .; and the volumes of the Father of History may even at the present day be read with profit and delight . He cannot be too ...
... Herodotus read his books , which were named from the Muses , before the senate at Athens , in the year 445 B. C .; and the volumes of the Father of History may even at the present day be read with profit and delight . He cannot be too ...
Side 21
... Herodotus first read his his- tories at the Olympic games , where he received the unbounded applauses of his nation . Twelve years later he read them again ( probably enlarged and amended ) before the senate at Athens . The gratitude of ...
... Herodotus first read his his- tories at the Olympic games , where he received the unbounded applauses of his nation . Twelve years later he read them again ( probably enlarged and amended ) before the senate at Athens . The gratitude of ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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