Excerpt from The History of Herodotus, Vol. 2: Translated From the Greek Nativity and Death. When a Child is born, his Relations fitting in a Circle about him, de plore his Condition, on account of the Evils he mutt fufl'er in the Courfe of Life; enumee rating the various Calamities incident to Man kind. But when a Man is dead, they inter him with Exultation and Rejoicings, repeating the Miferies he has exchang'd for a compleat Felicity. Among the Creitoneans who inhabit the highefi Part of T brace, every Man has many Wives; and at his Death all theic Wo men, {trongly fupported by their feveral Friends, contend fiercely, who iball be accounted to have been molt dear to the Husband. In the end, fhe who is adjudg'd to have merited that Honour, having receiv'd great Commendations both from the Men and Women, is kill'd upon the grave by the nearefl of her Relations, and buried together with the Man: Which is a great Mortification to the reit, becaufe ac counted the utmoi't Difgrace. The rel't of the Thracians fell their Children for Tranfportati on: and take no care of their Daughters but {offer them to entertain as many Men as they like. Neverthelels they keep their Wives un der a firiei: Guard, and purchafe them of their Relations at a great Rate. To be mark'd on the Forehead is honourable; and a Man with out fach Marks is accounted ignoble. Idle net's is elteem'd decent; Husbandry unbe coming; and to fubfifl by War and Rapine is thought glorious. Thefe are the moft con fiderable Cufloms of this Nation. For their Gods, they worfhip only Mars, Bacchus and Diana. But their Kings, befides the national. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.