The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books. To which are Added the Fragments of Diodorus, and Those Published by H. Valesius, I. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus, Volume 1W. MʻDowall, 1814 - History, Ancient |
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Page 53 - This piece is not only commendable for its greatness, but admirable for its cut and workmanship, and the excellency of the stone. In so great a work there is not to be discerned the least flaw, or any other blemish. Upon it there is this inscription : — ' I am Osymandyas, king of kings ; if any would know how great I am, and where I lie, let him excel me in any of my works.
Page 106 - Babylon, making its course to the south, the palaces lie the one on the east, and the other on the west side of the river; both built at exceeding costs and expense.
Page 139 - ... the earth ; and that Apollo, once in nineteen years, comes into the island; in which space of time the stars perform their courses, and return to the same point; and therefore the Greeks call the revolution of nineteen years, the Great Year.
Page 311 - ... islands which lie between Britain and Europe, for at full sea they appear to be islands, but at low water for a long way they look like so many peninsulas.) Hence the merchants transport the tin they buy of the inhabitants to Gaul ; and for thirty days' journey they carry it in packs on horses' backs through Gaul to the mouth of the river Ehone.
Page 53 - ... thence going forward, you come into a four-square stone gallery, every square being four hundred feet, supported, instead of pillars, with beasts, • each of one entire stone, sixteen cubits high, carved after the antique manner. The roof was entirely of stone; each stone eight cubits broad, with an azure sky, bespangled with stars. Passing out of this peristylion, you enter into another portico, much like the former, but more curiously carved, and with more variety.
Page 51 - He taught the people the adoration of the gods, and the manner of divine worship; how to adorn their beds and tables with rich cloths and coverings, and was the first that brought in a delicate and sumptuous way of living.
Page 158 - Out of these laborious mines, those appointed overseers cause the gold to be dug up by the labour of a vast multitude of people. For the Kings of Egypt condemn to these mines notorious criminals, captives taken in war, persons sometimes falsely accused, or...
Page 57 - ... top of which he placed two marble statues seated in a " throne, designing, by these monuments, to perpetuate "the fame and glory of his name to all succeeding " generations. The revenue arising from the fish taken "in this lake, he gave to his wife to buy her dresses, "which amounted to a talent of silver every day. For "there were in it two-and-twenty sorts of fish, and so "vast a number were taken, that those who were "employed continually to salt them up (though they " were multitudes of people),...
Page 315 - For swords, they use a long and broad weapon called Spatha, which they hang across their right thigh by iron or brazen chains. Some gird themselves...
Page 39 - From Pelusium to the Arabian gulf a canal was opened. Necho, son of Psammitichus, first began the work ; after him, Darius the Persian carried it on, but left it unfinished, being told that if he cut through the Isthmus, Egypt would be laid under water ; for that the Red sea lay higher than Egypt. The last attempt was made by Ptolemy the Second, who succeeded by means of a new canal with sluices, which were opened and shut as convenience required. The canal opened by Ptolemy was called after his...