Download or read book Voyages and Travels Vol 33 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Voyages and Travels, Vol. 33: Ancient and Modern With Introductions and Notes With regard then to the rearing of the children they re lated so much as I have said: and I heard also other things at Memphis when I had speech with the priests Of Hephais tos. Moreover I visited both Thebes and Heliopolis for this very cause, namely because I wished to know whether the priests at these places would agree in their accounts with those at Memphis; for the men of Heliopolis are said to be the most learned in records of the Egyptians. Those of their narrations which I heard with regard to the gods I am not earnest to relate in full, but I shall name them only, because I consider that all men are equally ignorant of these matters: and whatever things of them I may record. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Voyages and Travels Vol 33 written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Voyages and Travels, Vol. 33: Ancient and Modern With Introductions and Notes Herodotus was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, toward the end of the fifth century, B. C. Of his life we know almost nothing, except that he spent much of it traveling, to collect the material for his writings, and that he finally settled down at Thurii, in southern Italy, where his great work was composed. He died in 424 B. C. The subject of the history of Herodotus is the struggle between the Greeks and the barbarians, which he brings down to the battle of Mycale in 479 B. C. The work, as we have it, is divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses, but this division is probably due to the Alexandrine grammarians. His information he gathered mainly from oral sources, as he traveled through Asia Minor, down into Egypt, round the Black Sea, and into various parts of Greece and the neighboring countries. The chronological narrative halts from time to time to give opportunity for descriptions of the country, the people, and their customs and previous history; and the political account is constantly varied by rare tales and wonders. Among these descriptions of countries the most fascinating to the modern, as it was to the ancient, reader is his account of the marvels of the land of Egypt. From the priests at Memphis, Heliopolis, and the Egyptian Thebes he learned what he reports of the size of the country, the wonders of the Nile, the ceremonies of their religion, the sacredness of their animals. He tells also of the strange ways of the crocodile and of that marvelous bird, the Phenix; of dress and funerals and embalming; of the eating of lotos and papyrus; of the pyramids and the great labyrinth; of their kings and queens and courtesans. Yet Herodotus is not a mere teller of strange tales. However credulous he may appear to a modem judgment, he takes care to keep separate what he knows by his own observation from what he has merely inferred and from what he has been told. He is candid about acknowledging ignorance, and when versions differ he gives both. Thus the modern scientific historian, with other means of corroboration, can sometimes learn from Herodotus more than Herodotus himself knew. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Voyages and Travels Ancient and Modern Vol 33 written by Walter Raleigh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Voyages and Travels, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 33: With Introductions and Notes With regard then to the rearing of the children they related so much as I have said: and I heard also other things at Memphis when I had speech with the priests of Hephaistos. Moreover I visited both Thebes and Heliopolis for this very cause, namely be cause I wished to know whether the priests at these places would agree in their accounts with those at Memphis; for the men of Heliopolis are said to be the most learned in records of the Egyp tians. Those of their narrations which I heard with regard to the godslamnotearnesttorelateinfullbutishallnamethemonly, because I consider that all men are equally ignorant of these mat ters: and whatever things of them I may record, I shall record only becauseiamcompelled by thecourseoftheaory. Butastothose matters which concern men, the priests agreed with one another in sayingthattheegyptianswerethefirstofallmenonearthtofind out the course of the year, having divided the seasons into twelve partstomalae upthewhole;andthistheysaid theyfoundoutfrom9 daestarszandtheyreckontothisextentmorewiselythantheflel lenesasitseemsmmeinasmuchasthei-iellenesthrowinaninter calatedmontheveryotheryear, somaketheseasonsright, whereas the Egyptians, reckoning the twelve months at thirty days each, hringinalsoeveryyearfivedaysbeyondthenumber, andthus thecircleoftheirseasonsisoompletedand comesroundtothe samepointwhenceitsetormtheysaidmoreoverthattheegyptians werethefirstwhobroughtintouseappellationsforthetwelvegods andthei-iellenestookuptheusefromthem;andthattheywere thefirstwhoassignedaltarsandimagesandtemplestothegods, mdwboengravedfiguresonstonwandwithregardtothegreater mmberofthesethingstheysbowedmebyactualfactsthatthey hadhappenedso. Theysaidalsothatthefirstmanwhobecame kingonyptwasmin;andthatinhistimeallegyptexceptthe dimiaofthebeswaasmmgandnoneoftheregionswerethen abovewaterwhichnowhebelowthehkeofmoiristowhichlalte itisavoyageofsevendaysuptheriverfromthesea: andithought thattheymidwellabouttheland; foritismanifestintrutheven waperwnwhohasnmbeuditbeforehandbuthasonlyseemat leastifhebveunderfiandingthatthefigypttowhichtheflel lenescomeinshipsisalandwhichhasbeenwonbytheegyptians asanaddition, andthatitisagiftoftheriver: moreoverthere p'omwhichlieabovethislakealsoforadistanceofthreedays' salabomwhichtheydidnotgoontosayanythingofthisltmd, amneverthelessanotherinstanoeofthesamething: forthenature oftluelandonyptisasfollowsa - Firstwhenyouarestillap pemchmgitinashipandaredismntaday'srunfromtbeland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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