Note 9 — BOOK II.
Rowland Smith translation
ὑάλου ὀρωρυγμένης. Herodotus, iii. 24, uses the word ύάλος, to describe the clear transparent stone, supposed to be Oriental alabaster, used by the Egyptians to enclose their mummies.
Rowland Smith translation
ὑάλου ὀρωρυγμένης. Herodotus, iii. 24, uses the word ύάλος, to describe the clear transparent stone, supposed to be Oriental alabaster, used by the Egyptians to enclose their mummies.