The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . nds of earth,each offender against his own city, and by this means the citieswere made much higher ; for first of all they had been raisedconsiderably by those who dug the canals in the time of kingSesostris. Although other cities .in Egypt were carried to a FROM SESOSTRIS TO SETHON. 123 great height, in my opinion the greatest mounds were thrownup about the city of Bubastis, in which is a beautiful temple ofBubastis corresponding to the Grecian Diana. Her sacred pre-cinct is thus situated : all except the entrance is an
The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . nds of earth,each offender against his own city, and by this means the citieswere made much higher ; for first of all they had been raisedconsiderably by those who dug the canals in the time of kingSesostris. Although other cities .in Egypt were carried to a FROM SESOSTRIS TO SETHON. 123 great height, in my opinion the greatest mounds were thrownup about the city of Bubastis, in which is a beautiful temple ofBubastis corresponding to the Grecian Diana. Her sacred pre-cinct is thus situated : all except the entrance is an island ; for twocanals from the Nile extend to it, not mingling with each other,but each reaches as far as the entrance to the precinct, one flowinground it on one side, the other on the other. Each is a hundredfeet broad, and shaded with trees. The portico is ten orgyse inheight, and is adorned with figures six cubits high, that are deserv-ing of notice. This precinct, being in the middle of the city, isvisible on every side to a person going round it ; for while the. ?y/:///;//^/////// SECTION OF GALLERY IN PYRAMID. city has been mounded up to a considerable height, the temple hasnot beeji moved, so that it is conspicuous as it was originallybuilt. A wall sculptured with figures runs round it ; and within isa grove of lofty trees, planted round a large temple in which theimage is placed. The width and length of the precinct is eachway a stade. Along the entrance is a road paved with stone,four plethra in width and about three stades in length, leadingthrough the square eastward toward the temple of Mercury ;on each side of the road grow trees of enormous height. Theytold me that the final departure of the Ethiopian occurred inthe following manner : it appeared to him in a vision that a man,standing by him, advised him to assemble all the priests in Egypt, 124 HERODOTUS. and to cut them in two down the middle ; but he, fearing that thegods held out this as a pretext to him, i
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