statement there
about Heracles was in one respect inapplicable to the rest, yet in the
main conclusion that gods are not born of men it applies to all."]

131 [ {stadioi}.]

132 [ {mneas}, of which 60 go to the talent.]

133 [ Cp. ch. 112.]

134 [ {neos}.]

135 [ I understand that each wall consisted of a single stone, which
gave the dimensions each way: "as regards height and length" therefore
it was made of a single stone. That it should have been a monolith,
except the roof, is almost impossible, not only because of the size
mentioned (which in any case is suspicious), but because no one would
so hollow out a monolith that it would be necessary afterwards to put on
another stone for the roof. The monolith chamber mentioned in ch. 175,
which it took three years to convey from Elephantine, measured only
21 cubits by 14 by 8. The {parorophis} or "cornice" is not an "eave
projecting four cubits," but (as the word is explained by Pollux) a
cornice between ceiling and roof, measuring in this instance four cubits
in height and formed by the thickness of the single stone: see Letronne,
Recherches pour servir, etc. p. 80 (quoted by Baehr).]

136 [ {erpase}, "took as plunder."]

137 [ {aparti}: this word is not found in any MS. but was read here by
the Greek grammarians.]

13701 [ i.e. 120,000.]

138 [ Cp. iv. 159.]

139 [ {kuneen}, perhaps the royal helmet or Pschent, cp. ch. 151.]

140 [ {apemataise}, euphemism for breaking wind.]

141 [ {oudena logon auto donta}: many Editors change {auto} to {eouto},
in which case it means "taking no time to consider the matter," as
elsewhere in Herodotus; but cp. iii. 50 {istoreonti logon audena
edidou}.]

142 [ {nomon}, and so throughout the passage.]

14201 [ i.e. 160,000.]

14202 [ i.e. 250,000.]

143 [ {arourai}, cp. ch. 141.]

144 [ {ekaston}: if {ekastoi} be read (for which there is more MS.
authority) the meaning will be that "a thousand Calasirians and a
thousand Hermotybians acted as guards alternately, each for a year," the
number at a time being 1000 not 2000.]

14401 [ {pente mneai}.]

145 [ {arusteres},={kotulai}.]

146 [ {tou neou}.]

147 [ {e trokhoiedes kaleomene}, "the Wheel."]

148 [ The last words, "and when--again," are not found in the best MSS.,
and are omitted by Stein. However their meaning, if not expressed, is
implied.]

149 [ {pugonos}.]

150 [ {tou autou eontes lithou}: some MSS. and many Editors have
{Aithiopikou} for {tou a