 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 Seiten
...the first, the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens ; but since that time, the custom which has...about fixing them is this. They are brought from a bill called Obelus, and every man drives in three for every wife that ho marries. Now the men hare... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 586 Seiten
...CHAP. 16. THEIR DWELLINGS AND CUSTOMS. platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has...is this : — they are brought from a hill called Orb^lus,8 and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 590 Seiten
...1C. THEIR DWELLINGS AND CUSTOMS. 227 platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has...is this : — they are brought from a hill called Orb61us,9 and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1860 - 582 Seiten
...the first the piles which bear np the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has...they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap door giving access to the lake beneath ; and their... | |
 | 1862 - 620 Seiten
...the first, the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens ; but since that time, the custom which has...called Orbelus, and every man drives in three for every wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives apiece, and this is the way in which they... | |
 | 1862 - 618 Seiten
...them is this. They are brought from a hill called Orbelus, and every man drives in three for every wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives...this is the way in which they live. Each has his own but, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap door giving access to the... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - 1862 - 474 Seiten
...the first, the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has...is this : — they are brought from a hill called Orbêlus,9 and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives... | |
 | John Johnston Kelso - 1865 - 92 Seiten
...which bear up the platform were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but afterwards the custom which has prevailed about fixing them is this : — They are brought from a hill called Obelus, and every man drives in three for each wife that he marries. Now the men have all many wives... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 486 Seiten
...the first, the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has...they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells, upon one of the platforms, and each has also a trap-door giving access to the * Recent discoveries... | |
 | Ferdinand Keller - 1866 - 650 Seiten
...the first the piles whichbear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens ; but since that time the custom which has...they live. Each has his own hut, wherein he dwells upon one of the platforms ; and each has also a trap-door, giving access to the lake beneath ; and... | |
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At the first, the piles which bear up the platforms were fixed in their places by the whole body of the citizens, but since that time the custom which has prevailed about fixing them is this : — they are brought from a hill called Orbelus, and every... 
