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Updated: July 29, 2025
A characteristic feature was the close connection between this Phoenician management of land and that of capital: it was quoted as a leading maxim of Phoenician husbandry that one should never acquire more land than he could thoroughly manage.
A vessel of considerably greater size than this, but of the same class impelled, that is, by one bank of oars only is indicated by certain coins, which have been regarded by some critics as Phoenician, by others as belonging to Cilicia.
But now for something else; how did this little phial come into the hands of the dealer Hiram?" As he spoke the Emperor took from his table the little bottle of Vasa Murrhina which the lad had given to Arsinoe and which she had sold to the Phoenician, and held it up before the favorite's eyes. Antinous turned pale, and stammered in great confusion.
The stranger took off his goggles and tried again to see her face, while Dick took a minute stock of his damage. "Well," he suggested, a little daringly, "if he is able to chaperone you at the inn himself? " "He isn't," said Hal; "he's somewhere east of Piccadilly, studying Phoenician Architecture, and the herringbone pattern on antique masonry."
"Still, father, it seems that Thou hast no trust in the Greeks." "No, for they are peculiar; one can trust neither Greek nor Phoenician. The Phoenician, when he wishes, sees and will tell thee genuine truth of Egypt, but Thou wilt never know when he is telling it. The Greek, as simple as a child, would tell the truth always, but he is never able.
A second great service which Alcibiades did for them was, his undertaking that the Phoenician fleet, which the Lacedaemonians expected to be sent to them by the king of Persia, should either come in aid of the Athenians, or otherwise should not come at all.
But whereas Adonis, like Attis, grew into a stately figure of mythology, adored and mourned in splendid cities far beyond the limits of his Phoenician home, Linus appears to have remained a simple ditty sung by reapers and vintagers among the corn-sheaves and the vines.
In this battle the Numidian cavalry showed itself just as superior to the Roman horse as the Roman infantry was superior to the Phoenician foot; the infantry decided the victory, but the losses even of the Romans were very considerable.
He knows nothing; as I am an honest Phoenician, he knows nothing. Each year the harvest is different, and the income different also. I may lose in this business, and the inspector would make no return to me." "But seest thou, Dagon, it seems to me that those lands bring far more than ten talents yearly." "The prince is unwilling to trust me?
Toward morning, when the three wearied rowers were dozing, boats manned by Greeks and Hittites pushed out suddenly from among reeds at the shore, surrounded the boat bearing Kama, and carried off the priestess. The attack was so sudden that the Phoenician rowers made no resistance. The strangers gagged Kama, evidently, for she remained silent.
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