 | Herodotus - 1858 - 746 σελίδες
...earlier portion of this history. The overthrow of Crcesus made him master of the whole of Asia. 131. The customs which I know the Persians to observe are...nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly.2 This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 594 σελίδες
...earlier portion of this history. The overthrow of Croesus made him master of the whole of Asia. 131. The customs which I know the Persians to observe are...altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly." Dr. Brandis, pp. 6-8.) This would make their rule begin in the twenty-third year of Deloces. Niebuhr... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 σελίδες
...and in contradiction to the strict precepts of the Zend Avesta. 8. "The customs," says Herodotus,t "which I know the Persians to observe are the following:...and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This " Howe'er it be, dispute is vain, On all without thou hold'st thy reign, Nor less on all within ; Each... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1871 - 620 σελίδες
...distinguished, is testified by Herodotus in his interesting account of the religion of the Persians.21 " They have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a 19 It was shewn to the fire, not poured upon it (Haug, ' Essays,' p. 239). *" Uawliiison, vol. iii.... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1874 - 432 σελίδες
...counterpart of some of the scenes which were enacted in the Mississippi Valley in ancient times. " The customs which I know the Persians to observe, are the following : . . . Their wont is to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains and there offer sacrifice to... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 754 σελίδες
...earlier portion of this history. The overthrow of Croesus made him master of the whole of Asia. 131. The customs which I know the Persians to observe are...nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly.4 This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1876 - 602 σελίδες
...abhorrence of idols was pushed almost to fanaticism. " They have " no images of the gods, no temples, no altars, and " consider the use of them a sign of folly." This was Herodotus' account of the Persians of his own day, and it is fully borne out by what we know of... | |
 | William Harris Rule - 1877 - 286 σελίδες
...but receive from Daniel. " The customs which I know the Persians to observe," says the historian, " are the following. They have no images of the gods,...no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them as a sign of folly .... Their wont, however, is to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains, and... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1877 - 548 σελίδες
...abhorrence of idols was pushed almost to fanaticism. ' They have no ' images of the gods, no temples, no altars, and consider the ' use of them a sign of folly.' This was Herodotus' account of the Persians of his own day, and it is fully horne out by what we know of... | |
 | 1879 - 398 σελίδες
...abhorrence of idols was pushed almost to fanaticism. ' They have no images of the gods, no temples, no altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly.' This was Herodotus' account of the Persians of his own day, and it is fully borne out by what we know of... | |
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The customs which I know the Persians to observe are the following. They have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly.4 This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with... 
