 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1802 - 356 pages
...resemblance to the nature of the beneficent Being. Thus the Persians honored the sun as the brightest image of God, and offered up their sacrifices in the open air, thinking it injurious to the majesty of the God of Heaven, who <"Os immensity with his presence, to... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1846 - 810 pages
...and Cicero. The Persians erected neither statues, nor temples, nor altars, to their gods, but offered their sacrifices in the open air, and generally on the top of hills, or on high places. (Herod. 1. ic 131.) Cicero says: It is supposed to have been through the... | |
 | Theology - 1846 - 792 pages
...and Cicero. The Persians erected neither statues, nor temples, nor altars, to their gods, but offered their sacrifices in the open air, and generally on the top of hills, or on high places. (Herod. 1. ic 131.) Cicero says: It is supposed to have been through the... | |
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... sacred Fire. But if we look into impartial history, and examine carefully their religious tenets, perhaps our decision will be more favourable. For example, take the following passages from Herodotus and Cicero. The Persians erected neither statues,... 