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" Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. "
The Greek tragic theatre: containing Æschylus by dr. Potter, Sophocles by ... - Page 395
by Greek tragic theatre - 1809
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 18

1861 - 462 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to w^ater, and to the winds."1i He appears to know nothing of Ormazd and Ahriman, or of Zoroaster. It is well known that...
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The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious ..., Volume 1

Herodotus - 1859 - 594 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they...
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The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious ..., Volume 1

Herodotus - 1862 - 600 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they...
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The student's ancient history. The ancient history of the East

Philip Smith - 1871 - 620 pages
...sacrifice to Jove, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they...
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Pre-historic Races of the United States of America

John Wells Foster - 1874 - 434 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. . . . To these gods,...
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The History of Herodotus. A new Engl. version, ed. with notes by G ..., Volume 1

Herodotus - 1875 - 754 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they...
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Volume 12

Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1877 - 650 pages
...Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circumference of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water and the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times."* In Herodotus...
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The Ancient History of the East: From the Earliest Times to the Conquest by ...

Philip Smith - 1881 - 634 pages
...sacrifice to Jove, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they...
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Cassell's illustrated universal history, Volume 1

Edmund Ollier - 1882 - 594 pages
...Herodotus, was the name they gave to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise made offerings to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. Those, wo are told, were tlio only gods whose worship had come down to the Persians from ancient tunes...
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Man Considered in Relation to God and a Church

William Carew Hazlitt - 1912 - 612 pages
...to Jupiter, which is the name they give to tfie whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds." There appears from the same authority to have been a later cult among the Persians, borrowed from Chaldaoa...
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