. 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 . e effect of plunging the heated metalin (Od. ix. 391.) Thrasyllus(Clem. Strom, i.) agrees with the Arun-delian marbles in supposing that ironwas known long before the Trojan Avar;and it would be mcousistent to supposethat the most civilised nation of thos
. 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 . e effect of plunging the heated metalin (Od. ix. 391.) Thrasyllus(Clem. Strom, i.) agrees with the Arun-delian marbles in supposing that ironwas known long before the Trojan Avar;and it would be mcousistent to supposethat the most civilised nation of thosedays could have been ignorant of it evenif the paintings of Thebes did not proveits use. We even see butchers sharpen-ing their knives on a steel fastened to their apron ; and weapons of that blue-coloured metal were represented incommon use long before the Trojan metallurgy the Egyptians possessedsome secrets scarcely known to us ; forthey had the means of enabling copperto cut stone without hardening it by an ialloy, and of giving to bronze blades the i|elasticity of steel, with great hardness •and sharpness of edge. In Asia theChalybes were noted for their ironworks, by which they obtained greatprofits Xenoph. Anab. ,, and Pliny :(vii. 56) ascribes the invention of steelto the Idsei Dactyli of Crete.—[G. W.]. 1 Ethiopian stone either is black flint,or an Ethiopian agate, the use of whichAvas theTemuSftOTof a very primitivecustom. Flints were often employedin Egypt for tipping arrows, in lieu ofmetal heads. Stone knives have been found in Egypt, which many peoplehad, the Britons and others, andeven the Romans. (Liv. i. 24.) TheEthiopians (Her. vii. 69) had reed ariOwstipped with agate, or pebbles, onwhich seals were cut, and which, known
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