 In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of their head. When they die they are buried in the Temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong.  Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx - Page 5de Augustus Le Plongeon - 1896 - 277 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jeremiah How - 1862 - 468 pages
...serpents, not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of their head. When they die they are buried in the Temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong." In his notice of the Egyptian mythology, Bryant says, " The symbolical worship of... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pages
...serpents not at all troublesome to men. They are very small, but have two horns on the top of the head. When they die they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong." — HDT. 1. II. c. 74. 19. The great king. " Amistres, Artaphernes, and the might... | |
 | Thomas S. Millington - 1873 - 320 pages
...Herodotus speaks of a species of snake, in the neighbourhood of Thebes, with two horns upon its head. " When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong" (Herod, ii. 74). There were other serpents in Egypt which were not so highly esteemed,... | |
 | John Horace Round - 1883 - 462 pages
...serpents not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of the head. When they die, they are buried in the temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong." * This corresponds in some degree to a statement by the famous Principal of the Medical... | |
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