. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . *• That they trod the dough with theirfeet is true, fashioning it afterwards. ΛΌ. U. with the hand into cakes; but the mudwas also mixed with the feet, afterhaving been broken up \vith the hoe,as we see in the representation of thebrickmakers at Thebes. See woodc
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . *• That they trod the dough with theirfeet is true, fashioning it afterwards. ΛΌ. U. with the hand into cakes; but the mudwas also mixed with the feet, afterhaving been broken up \vith the hoe,as we see in the representation of thebrickmakers at Thebes. See woodcut,figs. 11, 13, in note ^ on ch. 136.—[G. Λν.] 1 Videinfi^, ch. 104. ^ The men having two dresses, andthe women one, gives an erroneous im-pression. The usual dress of men wasa long upper robe and a short kilt be-neath it, the former being laid asidewhen at woik; while women had onlythe long robe. When an extra uppergarment was worn over these the menhad three, the women two; so that, in-stead of limiting the latter to one, heshould have given to men always onemore garment than the women. Seewoodcuts in notes on chs. 35, 37, and81.—[G. W.] ^ The Greek κάΧοι generally corre-sponded to our stays of the mast,vTTfpat to braces, TvoSfs to sheets,and κΐροΰχοι to halliards; but He-rodotus only speaks of the ropes andrings of the sails; and the ancientcustom of fastening the braces andshee
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