Lexicographical Neighbors of Testudos
Literary usage of Testudos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
""Nor come before it (the city) with shield, nor cast a bank against it."
Isaiah xxxvii. 33. ; Woodcut 341. Four of the king's sons command the four testudos ..."
2. The Nile Boat: Or, Glimpses of the Land of Egypt by William Henry Bartlett (1851)
"Of these testudos, four are commanded by sons of Rameses the Great. One of their
allies, the extreme figure on the left, is endeavoring by use of a sharp ..."
3. The Nile boat; or, Glimpses of the land of Egypt by William Henry Bartlett (1850)
"Of these testudos, four are commanded by sons of Rameses the Great. One of their
allies, the extreme figure on the left, is endeavouring by use of a sharp ..."
4. The Ordeal by Fire: By a Sergeant in the French Army by Marcel Berger (1916)
"testudos!" bellowed Henriot, in an extraordinarily shrill voice. i There was a
gigantic explosion close at hand; the ground shook. ..."
5. The Nile Boat Or, Glimpses of the Land of Egypt / by W.H. Bartlett by William Henry Bartlett (1849)
"Of these testudos, four are commanded by sons of Rameses the Great. One of their
allies, the extreme figure on the left, is endeavouring by use of a sharp ..."
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