. 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 . ich remained at Delphito the time of Pausanias (, wascarried to Constantinople by the Em-peror Constantine, and placed in theHippodrome (Atincklan) (Zosim. ii. .Tl,jed. iiekker; Euseb. de Vit. Const, p. 1-14 ; Scholiast, ad Thucyd. , &c.), wher
. 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 . ich remained at Delphito the time of Pausanias (, wascarried to Constantinople by the Em-peror Constantine, and placed in theHippodrome (Atincklan) (Zosim. ii. .Tl,jed. iiekker; Euseb. de Vit. Const, p. 1-14 ; Scholiast, ad Thucyd. , &c.), where it continues to thepresent day. When seen by Spon andWheeler in 1675, it is said to have beenstill perfect; and the representationwhich they give of it (Journey intoGreece, p. 185j exhibits the three headsof the sei-pent (see woodcut. No. 1.,:but it has suffered great damage sincetheir time. The heads are gone, andall that remains is a certain portion ofthe triple twist, as seen in the woodcut(No. II.), which is from a sketch takenby Mr. Dawson Tm-ner in 1852. Theheight of this fragment is 16 feet. Oneof the heads is preserved in the armouryof the church of St. Irene at Constan-tinople. It has a crest along the top,which is flattened, apparently in order tosupport more steadily the golden tripodof which Herodotus During the recent occupation of Con-stantinople by the Western Powers, notonly were excavations made, and theserpent laid bare to its base, but by theapplication of chemical solvents the in-scription was almost entirely recovered. As the inscription itself is a matter ofgreat interest, which cannot be ade-quately treated in a foot-note, I havethought it best to reserve my accountof it for the Appendix. (See Appendix,Note A.)
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