| 1886 - 542 Seiten
...known to live to the great age of four hundred years. When Alexander the Great had conquered Poms, King of India, he took a great elephant, which had...go, with this inscription: "Alexander, the son of Juniper, has dedicated Ajax to the sun." This elephant was found three hundred and fifty-four years... | |
| Orison Swett Marden - 1898 - 424 Seiten
...conquered Porus, King of India, he took a great elephant which had fought valiantly for the king, and dedicated him to the sun, and let him go with this inscription : " Alexander, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun." The elephant was found with the inscription three hundred and fifty years... | |
| 1887 - 392 Seiten
...King of India, he took a great elephant which had fought valiantly for the king, and named him Aiax, dedicated him to the sun, and let him go with this inscription: "Alexander, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun." The elephant was found with this inscription 350 years after. Pigs have... | |
| James Martin Peebles - 1900 - 232 Seiten
...for the king, and called him Ajax, dedicating him to the sun, and setting him free with the following inscription: "Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath...dedicated Ajax to the sun." This elephant was found 350 years afterward with the inscription. A noted Englishman, Sir R. Phillips, gives the minute history... | |
| C. DeLacy Evans - 1996 - 236 Seiten
...dedicating him to the sun, and setting him free with the following inscription : "Alexander, the sun of Jupiter, hath dedicated Ajax to the sun." This elephant was found 350 years afterwards with the inscription. Speaking of the longevity of the elephant, Thomson says... | |
| 1855 - 588 Seiten
...elephant, which had fought very valiantly for the King, named him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and then let him go with this inscription : " Alexander, the...Ajax to the sun." This elephant was found with the inscription three hundred years after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of thirty years ; the... | |
| 1884 - 776 Seiten
...conquered Porus, King of India, he took a great elephant which had fought valiantly for the King, and named him Ajax, dedicated him to the Sun and let him...this inscription : " Alexander, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the Sun. " The elephant was found with this inscription 350 years after. Pigs have... | |
| 1883 - 418 Seiten
...Porus, king of India, he took a great elephant, which had fought valiantly for the king, and naming him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and let him go...this inscription : "Alexander, the son of Jupiter, has dedicated Ajax to the Sun." This elephant was found with this inscription 350 years afterwards.... | |
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