 | Herodotus, William Beloe - 1831 - 524 pages
...rivers]— The ancient Cuthites, and the Per sians after them, had a great veneration for fountain s and streams, which also prevailed among other nations..., so as to have been at one time almost universal. If these rivers were attended with any nitrous or saline quality, or with any fiery eruption, they... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 612 pages
...of Gihon,' and there proclaimed king. Joseph. Ant. vii, 14. The ancient Cuthites, says Mr. Bryant, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for fountains and streams. ALTARS were erected in the vicinity of wells and fountains, and religious ceremonies performed around... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 608 pages
...of Gihon,' and there proclaimed king. Joseph. Ant. vii, 14. The ancient Cuthites, says Mr. Bryant, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for fountains and streams. ALTARS were erected in the vicinity of wells and fountains, and religious ceremonies performed around... | |
 | Miss Cornish - 1845 - 432 pages
...great measure by stones. The bards lament the destroying and breaking to pieces their sacred circles. The ancient Cuthites, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for rivers, fountains, and streams. " The Persians," Herodotus says, " of all things in nature they reverence... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1851 - 646 pages
...of Gihon,' and there proclaimed king. Joseph. Ant. vii, 14. The ancient Cuthites, says Mr. Bryant, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for fountains and streams. ALTAKS were erected in the vicinity of wells and fountains, and religious ceremonies performed around... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1870 - 766 pages
...Irish-Celtic, meant a fish, the same word which in Arabic meant Saviour. See Part I., page 294. 46. The antient Cuthites, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for Fountains [in the Shanscreet Khoond] and Streams, which also prevailed among other nations, so as to have been... | |
 | 1877 - 602 pages
...them ; and a violation of this custom may not happen with impunity." In a note, this is added, '• The ancient Cuthites, and the Persians after them,...so as to have been at one time almost universal.". These sentiments are reflected in various forms by the great poets of antiquity, such as Homer, Pindar,... | |
 | 1877 - 598 pages
...them ; and a violation of this custom may not happen with impunity." In a note, this is added, '• The ancient Cuthites, and the Persians after them,...so as to have been at one time almost universal." These sentiments are reflected in various forms by the great poets of antiquity, such as Homer, Pindar,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1927 - 416 pages
...as the Danube by the Scythians ; or of mythological traditions, as the Achelous by the JE.tolia.ns ; or of particular laws, as the Eurotas by the Spartans...this regard among the Persians Herodotus takes notice : Se/JovTai TTOTa^oiis T<av Travriav juaXicrra : Of all things in nature they reverence rivers most.... | |
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The ancient Cuthites, and the Persians after them, had a great veneration for fountains and streams, which also prevailed among other nations, so as to have been at one time almost universal. 
