Clearchus hearing this, asked the messenger of what extent the country was that lay between the Tigris and the canal : he answering it was of a large extent, and contained besides villages, many large cities, they concluded that the barbarians had sent... The Anabasis - Pągina 99per Xénophon - 1839Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Xenophon (of Athens.) - 1830 - 330 pągines
...bridge too, are things inconsistent ; for it is plain, if they attack us, they must either conqueror be conquered : if they conquer, why should they break...between being large and fruitful, and in no want of laborers to cultivate it, might both supply them with provisions, and afford them a retreat, if they... | |
| Xenophon - 1830 - 340 pągines
...and the bridge be broken down, they themselves will have no place to fly to ; neither can the rest ol their army, though in great numbers on the other side,...between being large and fruitful, and in no want of laborers to cultivate it, might both supply them with provisions, and afford them a retreat, if they... | |
| William Ainsworth - 1844 - 286 pągines
...conquerors, it would cause the destruction of the Persians. They thus came to the conclusion that it was done from an apprehension lest the Greeks should not pass...side by the Tigris, and on the other by the canal, while the country that lay between, being large and fruitful, and in no want of labourers to cultivate... | |
| Xenophon (Cyprius) - 1845 - 906 pągines
...Villagjts,-|nany|4arge citiei ; they concluded that the Barbarians had sent this man insidiously,1 from an apprehension, lest the Greeks should not pass...remain in the island, which was defended on one side liy the Tigris, and on the other by the canal ; where the country that lay between, being large and... | |
| George Rawlinson - 1864 - 566 pągines
...advantageously situated in a region of great fertility and of much natural strength, being protected on one side by the Tigris, and on the other by the Shor-Derreh torrent, while the Greater Zab further defended it at the distance of a few miles on the... | |
| Xenophon - 1867 - 300 pągines
...ly our Ol iiieir t (Hirst's ; nu lueii lit; ;iui as easily dissolved bv water as wax u* by the sou. to-night, there being numerous forces posted in the...labourers to cultivate it, might both supply them with piovisions and afford them a retreat, if they were disposed to make war on the king : after which they... | |
| Fred. H. Fisher, Frederick H. Fisher - 1878 - 306 pągines
...the right bank of the river at Bagdad, and from thence ran straight to Aleppo, the line being flanked on one side by the Tigris and on the other by the Euphrates, and nearly the whole route a flat. The Consul suggests that the civilising influences which... | |
| George Rawlinson, M.A. - 1881 - 596 pągines
...advantageously situated in a region of great fertility and of much natural strength, being protected on one side by the Tigris, and on the other by the Shor-Derreh torrent, while the Greater Zab further defended it at the distance of a few miles on the... | |
| George Rawlinson - 1885 - 782 pągines
...advantageously situated in a region of great fertility and of much natural strength, being protected on one side by the Tigris, and on the other by the ShorDerreh torrent, while the Greater Zab further defended it at the distance of a few miles on the... | |
| Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 564 pągines
...1 north of Asshur, in a region of exceeding l fertility and great natural strength, being protected on one side by the Tigris and on the other by the Shor-Derreh torrent, while it was defended on the south by the Greater Zab and on the north-east by... | |
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