 | 1861 - 462 σελίδες
...Herodotus, on tne other hand, says that the Persians have no temples or altars, and adds: "Their wont is to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains,...moon, to the earth, to fire, to w^ater, and to the winds."1i He appears to know nothing of Ormazd and Ahriman, or of Zoroaster. It is well known that... | |
 | Herodotus - 1858 - 746 σελίδες
...They have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly.2 This comes, I think, from their not believing the...offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, inscription of Darius at Beliistun, which had been published by Col. Rawlinson the year before his... | |
 | Tarucnath Dutt - 1860 - 34 σελίδες
...of the gods, no temples, no altars, and consider the use of them as folly. Their wont is, however, to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains, and there to offer sacrifice to Jupiter (Indra), which is the name they give to the circle of the firmament. They likewise offer up prayers... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 σελίδες
...Dark Spirit! ended T/im?" Tales of the Crusaders.—'1 The Talisman." * HER. i. 132. t Ibid. i. 131. comes, I think, from their not believing the gods...have the same nature with men as the Greeks imagine." The fundamental spirit of Mazileism was, in fact, a lively horror of idolatry.* Ormuzd is sometimes... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1871 - 620 σελίδες
...Cyrus at Pasargada: (J/ui-yAawk). See Rawllnson's 'Herodotus/ note to Book I. c. 131. sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the...loftiest mountains, and there to offer sacrifice to Jove, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the... | |
 | Mansell W.A. and co, British Museum - 1872 - 186 σελίδες
...is gradually being undermined, and the Persian Asiatic feeling, which he complains of, is arising. from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men as the Greeks imagine." Subjected to Eastern inspirations of spirit we have the Pythagorean school of monotheism growing up,... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1877 - 650 σελίδες
...They have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the...Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circumference of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1881 - 634 σελίδες
...Cyrns at paiargadK (Jivrgkaub). See Ra.wlliuon'6 • Herodotus,1 note to Book I. c. 131. sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the...loftiest mountains, and there to offer sacrifice to Jove, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the... | |
 | Dosabhai Framji Karaka - 1884 - 378 σελίδες
...Persians) have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men." We cannot do better than quote here Dr. Haug, who says : " Spitama Zarathushtra's conception of Ahura... | |
 | 1886 - 990 σελίδες
...have no images of the gods, nor temples, nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men." All the Parsi writers are emphatic on this point of Monotheism. They claim that there were, before... | |
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They have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as the Greeks imagine. 
