 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 736 pages
...dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder on the strange...he shattered with his iron mace, or battle-axe, the under-jaw of one of these monsters, which in the eyes of the Turks were the idols or talismans of the... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1856 - 352 pages
...the domes and palaces of the Latins. In the hippodrome, his eye was attracted by the twisted columns of the three serpents, and, as a trial of his strength,...battle-axe, the under jaw of one of these monsters which, in the eye of the Turks, were the idols or talismans of the city. At the principal door of St.... | |
 | 1909 - 792 pages
...passed in triumph through the gate of St. Romanus, attended by his vezirs, pashas and guards, gazing with satisfaction and wonder on the strange though...domes and palaces, so dissimilar from the style of Ottoman architecture. At the principal door of St. Sophia he alighted from his horse and entered the... | |
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He was attended by his viziers, bashaws, and guards, each of whom (says a Byzantine historian) was robust as Hercules, dexterous as Apollo, and equal in battle to any ten of the race of ordinary mortals. The conqueror gazed with satisfaction and wonder... 
