 | Herodotus - 1859 - 590 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days.4 In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because their horns curve outwards in front of of El Jjherri, north-cast of Jalo, regularly move southwards in autumn to gather the dates and figs... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 586 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days.4 In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because their horns curve outwards in front of of El Tfherri, north-east of Jalo, regularly move southwards in autumn to gather the dates and figs... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 486 Seiten
...to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days.' In the Gararnantian country arc found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...possible for them when grazing to move forwards, since in westward of the Egyptian Oases, are still occupied or claimed by tbc Blacks, as of old; the Nasamones... | |
 | François Lenormant, Elisabeth Chevallier - 1871 - 980 Seiten
...shortest road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days. In the Garamantian country are found oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...horns curve outwards in front of their heads, so that * HER. iv. 1 68, 173. it is not possible for them when grazing to move forwards, since, in that case,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1880 - 572 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days.4 In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...the ground.5 Only herein do they differ from other : Heeren and Eennell identify the country of the Garamantians with the modern Fezzan. Ritter adopts... | |
 | University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology Department - 1919 - 316 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days. In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...curve outwards in front of their heads, so that it 5 Book III, $ 12. « Book IV, $ 183-185. is not possible for them when grazing to move forwards, since... | |
 | Alfred Louis Kroeber, Thomas Talbot Waterman - 1924 - 606 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days. In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...in that case their horns would become fixed in the ground. Only herein do they differ from other oxen, and further in the thickness and hardness of their... | |
 | Hohepa Te Rake, Ettie Annie Rout - 1926 - 412 Seiten
...throughout Egyptian art. Herodotus describes them as o-nioOovopoi, because their horns curve forward in front of their heads so that it is not possible for them when grazing to move forward, as in that case their horns would become fixed in the ground. Aristotle gives a similar account.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1996 - 772 Seiten
...road to the Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days. In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...in that case their horns would become fixed in the ground. Only herein do they differ from other oxen, and further in the thickness and hardness of their... | |
 | Juliet Clutton-Brock - 1999 - 256 Seiten
...follows (translated by Rawlinson, 1964,1, p. 358): In the Garamantian country are found oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because...in that case their horns would become fixed in the ground. (IV, 183) As with other livestock the Romans improved their breeds of cattle and were responsible... | |
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Lotophagi, a journey of thirty days. In the Garamantian country are found the oxen which, as they graze, walk backwards. This they do because their horns curve outwards in front of their heads, so that it is not possible for them when grazing to move... 