. 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 . nsume none of their own property, and areat no expense for anything ;^ but every day bread is baked forthem of the sacred com, and a plentiful supply of beef and of ch. 86.) The transparent fineness of thelinen dresses of men and women in theEgyptian paintings re
. 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 . nsume none of their own property, and areat no expense for anything ;^ but every day bread is baked forthem of the sacred com, and a plentiful supply of beef and of ch. 86.) The transparent fineness of thelinen dresses of men and women in theEgyptian paintings recalls the remark ofSeneca (de Benef. vii. 9) on sericasvestes, so thin that a woman appearedas if naked.—[G. W.] ^ Their sandals were made of thepapyrus, or of other kinds of Cyperus;an inferior quality being of mattedpalm-leaves ; and they either slept ona simple skin stretched on the gi-ound(Eust. in Homer. II. xvi. 235), or ona wicker bed, made of palm-brancheswhich Porphyry very justly says werecalled bai (de Abstin. iv. 7). On thisbedstead, which was similar to the caffasof modern Egypt, made of the samematerials, a mat or a skin was spreadfor a mattress, and their head was sup-ported by a half cylinder of wood inlieu of a pillow. These pillows arefrequently found in the tombs, madeof acacia, sycamore, or tamarisk or sometimes of alabaster; and they arerepresented among the fumitui-e of anEgyptian mansion, in the Tombs of theKings, together with the richest sofasand fauteuils. They are still used inEthiopia, and also in places distant fromthe Nile, in Japan, China, the WesternCoast of Africa, in Otaheite (Tahiti),and other places. But soft pillows andlofty couches were also adopted inEgypt, to which last they mounted bysteps. Cp. 2 Kings i. 4; Ps. cxxxii. 3 ;Prov. vii. 16.—[G. W.] 2 The greatest of these was the para-mount influence they exercised over theBpiritual, and consequently over the temporal, concerns of the whole com-munity, which was secured to themth
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