herodotus

[45] {baris}, cp. ch. 96.[46] Or, "descended from Aigyptos."[46a] Or, "assuming that in those days as now, they were wont to makevoyages, and that some of the Hellenes were seafaring folk."[47] {stelai}, "upright blocks."[48] {lampontos tas nuktas megathos}: some Editors alter {megathos} to{megalos} or {mega phos}.[49] {enagizousi}.[50] {uon}: some Editors read {oion} "sheep," on the authority of oneMS.[51] {ta ounamata}, which means here rather the forms ofpersonification than the actual names.[52] {ai pramanteis}.[53] {phegon}.[54] {upo phego pephukuie}, i.e. the oak-tree of the legend was a realgrowing tree, though the dove was symbolical.[55] {panegurias}.[56] {prosagogas}, with the idea of bringing offerings or introducingpersons.[57] {epoiethesan}, "were first celebrated."[58] So B.R.[59] {sumphoiteousi}.[59a] i.e. 700,000.[60] See ch. 40.[61] {tesi thusiesi, en tini nukti}: some MSS. give {en te nukti}:hence several Editors read {tes thusies en te nukti}, "on thenight of the sacrifice."