 | Herodotus - 1859 - 586 Seiten
...IV. either case the skull is used as a drinking-cup.9 They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them,...these skulls are handed round, and the host tells Low that these were his relations who made war upon him, and how that he got the better of them ; all... | |
 | Herodotus - 1862 - 474 Seiten
...in either case the skull is used as a drinking-cup.9 They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them,...; all this being; looked upon as proof of bravery. 66. Once a year the governor of each district, at a set place in his own province, mingles a bowl of... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 486 Seiten
...either case the skull is used as a drinking- ; cup.8 They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them,...; all this being looked upon as proof of bravery. 66. Once a year the governor of each district, at a set place in his own province, mingles a bowl of... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 Seiten
...in either case, the skull is used as a drinking-cup. They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin, if they have been at feud with them,...; all this being looked upon as proof of bravery. * HER. iv. 62. " Once a year the governor of each district, at a set place in his own province, mingles... | |
 | Paul R. Magocsi - 1996 - 836 Seiten
...gold: in either case the skull is used as a drinking-cup. They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them,...them; all this being looked upon as proof of bravery. SOURCE: Herodotus. The History, translated by George Raulinson, Grcat Books of the Western World, Vol.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1996 - 772 Seiten
...gold: in either case the skull is used as a drinking-cup. They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them,...them; all this being looked upon as proof of bravery. 66. Once a year the governor of each district, at a set place in his own province, mingles a bowl of... | |
 | Charles A. Frazee - 2002 - 264 Seiten
...GOLD: IN EITHER CASE THE SKULL IS USED AS A DRINKING-CUP. THEY DO THE SAME WITH THE SKULLS OF THEIR OWN KITH AND KIN IF THEY HAVE BEEN AT FEUD WITH THEM,...COME TO VISIT THEM, THESE SKULLS ARE HANDED ROUND, ANDTHE HOST TELLS HOWTHATTHESE WERE HIS RELATIONS WHO MADE WAR UPON HIM, AND HOW THAT HE GOT THE BETTER... | |
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They do the same with the skulls of their own kith and kin if they have been at feud with them, and have vanquished them in the presence of the king. When strangers whom they deem of any account come to visit them, these... 