. 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 . y haTe mistaken it for theotter, as modern travellei-s are knownto do, on seeing it coming out of theriver.—[G. W.] s The fish particularly sacred werethe Oxyrhinchus, the Lepidotus, andthe Phagius or eel ; and the Latuswas sacred at Latopolis, as the Mseotesat E
. 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 . y haTe mistaken it for theotter, as modern travellei-s are knownto do, on seeing it coming out of theriver.—[G. W.] s The fish particularly sacred werethe Oxyrhinchus, the Lepidotus, andthe Phagius or eel ; and the Latuswas sacred at Latopolis, as the Mseotesat Elephantine. The Oxyrhinchus,which gave its name to the city whereit was particularly honoui-ed, had, asits name shows, a pointed nose, andwas the same as the modern Mizdeh,the Mormyrus Oxyrhinchus. It is often found in bronze. So highly was itrevered at Oxyrhinchus that a quarreltook place between that city and thepeople of Cynopolis, in consequence oftheir having eaten one; and no Oxy-rhinchite would eat any other fish takenby a hook, lest it should have beendefiled by having at any time woimdedone of their sacred fish (Plut. de 18, 22). The Lepidotus was a Ίscaly fish, but it is uncertain whether ιit was the Kelb-el-Bahr (Salmo dentex), Ithe Kisher (or Gisher), a name signi- Ifying scaly, the Perca Nilotica, or j. the Benny (Cyprinus Lepidotus); andthe bronze representations do not clearup the question, though they favourthe claims of the last of the three (seePlut. de Is. s. 18). The Phagrus oreel was sacred at Syene and at Pha-groriopolis, and the reason of its beingsacred at this last place was evidently No. II. in order to induce the people to keepup the canal. Of the habits of somefish of Egypt, see Strabo, xv. p. is uncertain what species the Latusand Maeotes were, and iElian thinksthe Phagrus and Mseotes were thesame fish (see At. Eg. W. vol. v. ρ253). But all people did not regard
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