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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) 146 0 Browse Search
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P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Brookes More) 12 0 Browse Search
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) 10 0 Browse Search
John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2 10 0 Browse Search
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Isocrates, To Philip (ed. George Norlin), section 101 (search)
Consider, again, the state of affairs in his empire. Who could hear the facts and not be spurred to war against him? Egypt was, it is true, in revoltIsoc. 4.140, 161. even when Cyrus made his expedition; but her people nevertheless were living in continual fear lest the King might some day lead an army in person and overcome the natural obstacles which, thanks to the Nile, their country presents, and all their military defenses as well. But now this King has delivered them from that dread; for after he had brought together and fitted out the largest force he could possibly raise and marched against them, he retired from Egypt not only defeated, but laughed at and scorned as unfit either to be a king or to command an army.
Isocrates, Busiris (ed. George Norlin), section 12 (search)
For he saw that all other regions are neither seasonably nor conveniently situated in relation to the nature of the universe, but some are deluged by rains and others scorched by heat; Egypt,Egypt here means the Delta of the Nile; cf. Hdt. 2.14. Praise of Egypt is found in Plat. Tim. 22c. however, having the most admirable situation of the universe,i.e., as regards climate and fertility. was able to produce the most abundant and most varied products, and was defended by the immortal ramparts at all other regions are neither seasonably nor conveniently situated in relation to the nature of the universe, but some are deluged by rains and others scorched by heat; Egypt,Egypt here means the Delta of the Nile; cf. Hdt. 2.14. Praise of Egypt is found in Plat. Tim. 22c. however, having the most admirable situation of the universe,i.e., as regards climate and fertility. was able to produce the most abundant and most varied products, and was defended by the immortal ramparts of the Nile,
Isocrates, Busiris (ed. George Norlin), section 13 (search)
a river which by its nature provides not only protection to the land, but also its means of subsistence in abundance, being impregnable and difficult for foes to conquer, yet convenient for commerce and in many respects serviceable to dwellers within its bounds. For in addition to the advantages I have mentioned, the Nile has bestowed upon the Egyptians a godlike power in respect to the cultivation of the land; for while Zeus is the dispenserCf. Hom. Il. 4.84. of rains and droughts to the rest of mankind, of both of these each Egyptian has made himself master on his own account.
Isocrates, Busiris (ed. George Norlin), section 14 (search)
Egyptians come that with respect to the excellence and fertility of their land and the extent of their plains they reap the fruits of a continent, and as regards the disposition of their superfluous products and the importation of what they lack, the river's possibilities are such that they inhabit an islandA reference to the Delta, enclosed and watered by the branches of the Nile.; for the Nile, encircling the land and flowing through its whole extent, has given them abundant means for both. Egyptians come that with respect to the excellence and fertility of their land and the extent of their plains they reap the fruits of a continent, and as regards the disposition of their superfluous products and the importation of what they lack, the river's possibilities are such that they inhabit an islandA reference to the Delta, enclosed and watered by the branches of the Nile.; for the Nile, encircling the land and flowing through its whole extent, has given them abundant means for both.
Isocrates, Busiris (ed. George Norlin), section 31 (search)
For, when you wished to praise Busiris, you chose to say that he forced the Nile to break into branches and surround the landCf. Hdt. 2.16, where the same verb （PERIRRH/GNUMI） is used in connexion with the branches of the Nile in the Delta., and that he sacrificed and ate strangers who came to his country; but you gave no proof that he did these things. And yet is it not ridiculous to demand that others follow a procedure which you yourself have not used in the slightest degree? For, when you wished to praise Busiris, you chose to say that he forced the Nile to break into branches and surround the landCf. Hdt. 2.16, where the same verb （PERIRRH/GNUMI） is used in connexion with the branches of the Nile in the Delta., and that he sacrificed and ate strangers who came to his country; but you gave no proof that he did these things. And yet is it not ridiculous to demand that others follow a procedure which you yourself have not used in the slightest