 Phoenician race generally, but afterwards, as time went on, they changed with their speech the form of the letters also. During this time the lonians were the race of Hellenes who dwelt near them in most of the places where they were ; and these, having...  The Story of the Alphabet - Page 122de Edward Clodd - 1915 - 209 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Herodotus - 1904 - 472 pages
...the Hellenes before this time ; and at first they brought in those which are used by the Phenician race generally, but afterwards, as time went on, they...these, having received letters by instruction of the Phenicians, changed their form slightly and so made use of them, and in doing so they declared them... | |
 | George Willis Botsford, Lillie M. Shaw Botsford - 1912 - 616 pages
...changed with Herodotus v. their speech the form of the letters also. During this time 5' the Ionians were the race of Hellenes who dwelt near them in most...them, and in doing so they declared them to be called "phenicians" as was just, seeing that the Phoenicians had introduced them into Hellas. Also the Ionians... | |
 | Terrot Reaveley Glover - 1917 - 456 pages
...inscriptions testify which Herodotus saw at Thebes in Boeotia. Only, as so often happened, the Greeks " having received letters by instruction of the Phoenicians,...changed their form slightly and so made use of them " (v. 58-60). Whether we owe more to Cadmus and his friends for the consonants or to their Greek neighbours... | |
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