Borysthenes

The Dnieper, which the ancients called Borysthenes, passes by Kiow, and the old tradition of the country affirms, that it was a boatman, who in crossing it found its waters so pure that he was led to found a town on its banks.

Ten Years' Exile Necker, Anne L G 1821

The Dnieper, which the ancients called Borysthenes, passes by Kiow, and the old tradition of the country affirms, that it was a boatman, who in crossing it found its waters so pure that he was led to found

Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Auguste Louis Baron de [Editor] Stael-Holstein 1791

Now the Scythians say that their nation is the youngest of all nations, and that this came to pass as follows: — The first man who ever existed in this region, which then was desert, was one named Targitaos: and of this Targitaos they say, though I do not believe it for my part, however they say the parents were Zeus and the daughter of the river Borysthenes.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Hellenes who are at the trading-station of the Borysthenes and the other trading - places of the Pontic coast: and those of the

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Hylaia, and having passed by this it mingles with the Borysthenes.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

These races are along the river Hypanis to the West of the Borysthenes; but after crossing the Borysthenes, first from the sea-coast is Hylaia, and beyond this as one goes up the river dwell agricultural Scythians, whom the Hellenes who live upon the river Hypanis call

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

When the Borysthenes comes near the sea in its course, the Hypanis mingles with it, running out into the same marsh; 612 and the space between these two rivers, which is as it were a beak of land,613 is called the point of Hippoles, and in it is placed a temple of the Mother,614 and opposite the temple upon the river

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Borysthenes and also took to it a woman of the place as his wife.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Seventh is the Gerros, which parts off from the Borysthenes near about that part of the country where the Borysthenes ceases to be known, — it parts off, I say, in this region and has the same name which this region itself has, namely Gerros; and as it flows to the sea it borders the country of the nomad and that of the

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Gerrians, the place up to which the Borysthenes is navigable.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003