 | 1862 - 582 σελίδες
...arms, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence to be the father of many sons. Every year the king sends rich gifts to the man who can...largest number*: for they hold that number is strength." — Lib. i. cap. 136. Sir H. Kawlinson appends the following note to this passage : — " Sheik Ali... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 σελίδες
...young Persians," says Herodotus, t " from their fifth to their twentieth year, are carefully instructed in three things alone — to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth." These few words, describing the warlike education and noble precepts inspired by the Mazdean doctrine... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 1288 σελίδες
...for the warrior. According to Herodotus, " they instructed their boys from their 5th to their 20th year in three things alone, to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth." — In Greece, boys at the age of six years passed from the exclusive care of their mothers, who educated... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 754 σελίδες
...arms, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence, to be the father of many sons.1 Every year the king sends rich gifts to the man who can...carefully instructed from their fifth to their twentieth year,2 in three things alone, — to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth.8 Until their fifth... | |
 | 1885 - 286 σελίδες
...principles of pedagogy known ? 27. What ancient Eastern nation, according to Herodotus, taught their sons three things alone, to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth ? 28. In what island was the seat of European learning in the early centuries of the dark ages? 29.... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1886 - 108 σελίδες
...principles of pedagogy known ? 27. What ancient Eastern nation, according to Herodotus, taught their sons three things alone, to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth ? 29. Who was the first to lay down the rules of orator)- ? 30. Which is the oldest library in Great... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1888 - 496 σελίδες
...accomplished bowmen. Indeed Herodotus, in a celebrated passage, expressly says that " their sons were carefully instructed from their fifth to their twentieth...to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth." Of course this description applies only to the class of warriors or nobles — as the agriculturists... | |
 | Edward Capps - 1901 - 514 σελίδες
...arms, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence to be the father of many sons. Every year the king sends rich gifts to the man who can...to speak the truth. Until their fifth year they are not allowed to come into the sight of their father, but pass their lives with the women. This is done... | |
 | Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin - 1903 - 496 σελίδες
...accomplished bowmen. Indeed Herodotus, in a celebrated passage, expressly says that " their sons were carefully instructed from their fifth to their twentieth...to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth." Of course this description applies only to the class of warriors or nobles — as the agriculturists... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1904 - 900 σελίδες
...Herodotus, also, says : " The sons of the Persians are carefully instructed from their fifth to the 2Oth year in three things alone — to ride, to draw the bow, and speak the truth" (I- 135).' ART. XXI. — Discovery of Ancient Brahmi Script in Kashmir. BY REV. JE... | |
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Next to prowess in arms, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence, to be the father of many sons. Every year the king sends rich gifts to the man who can show the largest number: for they hold that number is strength. Their sons are carefully... 
