 | William Stearns Davis - 1912 - 396 σελίδες
...instantly make it their own. Each of them has several wives, and a still larger number of concubines. 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... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1913 - 296 σελίδες
...soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own. . . . Next to bravery in battle, 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... | |
 | Hutton Webster, Ph.d - 1913 - 316 σελίδες
...of the Medes, considering it superior to their own; and in war they wear the Egyptian breastplate. As soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own. . . . Next to bravery in battle, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence to be the... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1913 - 296 σελίδες
...of the Medes, considering it superior to their own; and in war they wear the Egyptian breastplate. As soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own. . . . Next to bravery in battle, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence to be the... | |
 | Roscoe Lewis Ashley - 1915 - 426 σελίδες
...and to speak the truth." " There is no nation which so rapidly adopts foreign customs as the Persian. As soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own." This, then, was the race that came into conflict with the Greeks. In many ways they were a simple,... | |
 | Roscoe Lewis ASHLEY - 1916 - 788 σελίδες
...and to speak the truth." " There is no nation which so rapidly adopts foreign customs as the Persian. As soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own." This, then, was the race that came into conflict with the Greeks. In many ways they were a simple,... | |
 | Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi - 1918 - 388 σελίδες
...were, as it were, pledged by parents for the solemn performance of an act.6 We read in Herodotus7: " 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... | |
 | Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi - 1918 - 422 σελίδες
...were, as it were, pledged by parents for the solemn performance of an act.8 We read in Herodotus7: " 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... | |
 | Paul Vinogradoff - 1920 - 452 σελίδες
...2-5. 8 For the custom among the Persians see HEBODOTUS, I, 135 (Rawlinson's translation, I, p. 221): "Each of them has several wives and a still larger number of concubines." The Wends renounced polygamy on their conversion to Christianity. Cf. HEBBOBD, Dial. 11, p. 18: " Vos,... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1921 - 604 σελίδες
...been permitted among most of the so-called Aryan peoples. Herodotus wrote of the ancient Persians, " Each of them has several wives, and a still larger number of concubines."2 This, however, can hardly have been true of the common people ;3 and it also seems that... | |
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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. 
