 Arabians wore large folding vests, which they call zirse : their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians were clad in skins of panthers and lions : their bows were of palm, and not less than four cubits long. Their arrows were short, and...  Herodotus - Σελίδα 88των Herodotus - 1828Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Herodotus - 1791 - 470 σελίδες
...L. iii. 7.0-,.— / '. I ! A ; ; •1 I'- •••' ' z« / POLYMNI A. 199 which they call z\rx : their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The /Ethiopians, were clad in flcins of panthers and lions f their bows were of palm, and not lefs than four cubits long. Their arrows... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 472 σελίδες
...CEobazus conducted the Paricanii. LXIX. The Arabians wore large folding vests, which they call zira? : their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians...also spears armed with the horns of goats, shaped b'ke the iron of a lance ; and besides these, knotty clubs. It is the custom of this people, when they... | |
 | Young people - 1852 - 1020 σελίδες
...Paricanii, were armed like the Pactjef. " The Arabians wore large folding vests, which they call zirffltheir bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians...skins of panthers and lions : their bows were of palm, n& ( not less than four cubits long. Their arrows were short, and mri* of reeds, instead of iron they... | |
 | 1851 - 614 σελίδες
...would resist the edge of a sabre. The Arabians wore long, folding vests, which they called lyree ; their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians...skins of panthers and lions ; their bows were of palm, four cubits long ; their arrows were short, and made of reeds ; instead of iron, they were pointed... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1852 - 482 σελίδες
...any interest, we add the following:—The Arabians wore large folding vests, which they call ziro); their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians...long. Their arrows were short, and made of reeds; and instead of iron, they were pointed with a stone. They had also spears armed with the horns of goats,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 524 σελίδες
...rests, which they call zirie : their bows were loi g, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopian* were clud in skins of panthers and lions: their bows were of...of reeds, instead of iron they were pointed with a stona which they use to cut their seals. They had also spears armed with the horns of goats, shaped... | |
 | 1903 - 672 σελίδες
...with girdles, and at their right side they carried bows bending backward. They that came from Ethiopia were clad in skins of panthers and lions. Their bows were of the stems of palm leaves, four cubits and more in length; their arrows were small and of reed, having... | |
 | 1845 - 662 σελίδες
...and Paracanii were armed similar to the Sarangae. The Arabians were attired in large folding vests : their bows were long, flexible, and crooked. The Ethiopians were clad in skins of lions and panthers : their bows were of palm, their arrows short, and pointed \vith stone ; their spears... | |
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