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Title: 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
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Herodotus Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902 Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, Sir, 1810-1895 Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir, 1797-1875
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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I sn^^^ 48 COSTUMES OF THE NATIONS. Book VII. colours, having iron scales npon them like the scales of a fish.Their legs were protected by trousers; and they bore wickershields for bucklers; their quivers hanging at their backs,^ andtheir arms being a short spear, a bow of uncommon size, andarrows of reed. They liad likewise daggers suspended from theirgirdles along their right thighs. Otanes, the ilither of Xerxeswife, Amestris, was their leader. This people was known tothe Greeks in ancient times by the name of Cephenians; butthey called themselves and were called by their neighbours,Artseans.^ It was not till Perseus, the son of Jove and Danae, same witli the plain round-toppedcap, projecting at the top a little overthe brows, which Ϊ3 the ordinary head-dress of those who wear the Persiancostume in the sculptures of Persepolis.A representation has been already given(vol. i. p. 221). lu other respects thedescription of Herodotus does not showany great correspondence Avith thePersep

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