 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 this Man insidiously, from an Apprehension, lest the Greeks...  The Anabasis - Pàgina 69per Xenophon - 1830Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Xenophon - 1840 - 790 pàgines
...n. villages, many large cities ; they concluded that the Barbarians bad sent this man insidiously,1 from an apprehension, lest the Greeks should not pass...between, being large and fruitful, and in no want of labourers to cultivate it, might both supply them with provisions, and afford them a retreat, if they... | |
 | William Ainsworth - 1844 - 286 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...assistance." 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...between being large and fruitful, and in no want of labourers to cultivate it, might both supply them with piovisions and afford them a retreat, if they... | |
 | Fred. H. Fisher, Frederick H. Fisher - 1878 - 306 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1897 - 448 pàgines
...miles north of Asshur, in a region of exceeding 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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