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Herodotus 1.203<br />

1Eqnea de\ a)nqrw&pwn polla_ kai\ pantoi=a e0n e9wutw|~ e1xei o( Kau&kasij, ta_ polla_<br />

pa&nta a)p' u3lhj a)gri/hj zw&onta. 0En toi=si kai\ de/ndrea fu&lla toih~sde i0de/hj<br />

parexo&mena ei]nai le/getai, ta_ tri/bonta&j te kai\ parami/sgontaj u3dwr zw|~a<br />

e9wutoi=si e0j th_n e0sqh~ta e0ggra&fe<strong>in</strong>: ta_ de\ zw|~a ou)k e0kplu&nesqai, a)lla_<br />

sugkataghra&ske<strong>in</strong> tw|~ a1llw| ei0ri/w| kata& per e0nufanqe/nta a)rxh&n.<br />

Many <strong>and</strong> every sort <strong>of</strong> nation the Caucasus conta<strong>in</strong>s with<strong>in</strong> itself, most <strong>of</strong> them liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

from the fruit <strong>of</strong> the wild tress. Among them, they say, there are trees with leaves such<br />

that, when they crush them <strong>and</strong> mix them with water, they can pa<strong>in</strong>t on their clothes<br />

figures <strong>of</strong> animals [zw|~a]. <strong>The</strong>se figures <strong>of</strong> animals [zw|~a] do not wash out but grow old<br />

with the wool, as though they were woven <strong>in</strong>to it at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

100<br />

Herodotus 2.4<br />

Duw&deka te qew~n e0pwnumi/aj e1legon prw&touj Ai0gupti/ouj nomi/sai kai\<br />

3Ellhnaj para_ sfe/wn a)nalabei=n, bwmou&j te kai\ a)ga&lmata kai\ nhou_j qeoi=si<br />

a)ponei=mai sfe/aj prw&touj kai\ zw|~a e0n li/qoisi e0gglu&yai. Kai\ tou&twn me/n nun ta_<br />

ple/w e1rgw| e0dh&loun ou3tw geno&mena.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se authorities also say that the Egyptians were the first to use the names <strong>of</strong> the twelve<br />

gods, <strong>and</strong> that the Greeks took these from them, <strong>and</strong> that the Egyptians were the first to<br />

assign altars <strong>and</strong> images [a)ga&lmata] <strong>and</strong> temples to the gods <strong>and</strong> to carve [e0gglu&yai]<br />

figures [zw|~a] on stone [e0n li/qoisi]. Most <strong>of</strong> these th<strong>in</strong>gs the showed me by clear pro<strong>of</strong>.<br />

101<br />

Herodotus 2.124<br />

0Erga&zonto de\ kata_ de/ka muria&daj a)nqrw&pwn ai0ei\ th_n tri/mhnon e9ka&sthn. Xro&non<br />

de\ e0ggene/sqai tribome/nw| tw|~ lew|~ de/ka e1tea me\n th~j o(dou~ kat' h4n ei[lkon tou_j<br />

li/qouj, th_n e1deiman e1rgon e0o_n ou) pollw|~ tew| e1lasson th~j purami/doj, w(j e0moi\<br />

doke/e<strong>in</strong> (th~j ga_r mh~koj me/n ei0si pe/nte sta&dioi, eu}roj de\ de/ka o)rguiai/, u3yoj de/, th|~<br />

u(yhlota&th e0sti\ au)th_ e9wuth~j, o)ktw_ o)rguiai/), li/qou te cestou~ kai\ zw|&wn<br />

e0ggeglumme/nwn.<br />

<strong>The</strong> people worked <strong>in</strong> gangs <strong>of</strong> one hundred thous<strong>and</strong> for each period <strong>of</strong> three months.<br />

<strong>The</strong> people were afflicted for ten years <strong>of</strong> time <strong>in</strong> build<strong>in</strong>g the road along which they<br />

dragged the stones—<strong>in</strong> my op<strong>in</strong>ion a work as great as the pyramid itself. For the length<br />

<strong>of</strong> the road is more than half a mile, <strong>and</strong> its breadth is sixty feet, <strong>and</strong> its height, at its<br />

highest, is forty-eight feet. It is made <strong>of</strong> polished stone [li/qou te cestou~], <strong>and</strong> there are<br />

figures [zw|&wn] carved [e0ggeglumme/nwn] on it.<br />

102<br />

378

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