A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts. Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the SameHarper, 1890 - 1451 |
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... land of blockheads " ( vervecum patriam , 10 , 50 ; compare Martial , 10 , 25 ; " Abderitanæ pectora plebis " ) . Much of this is exaggeration . Abdera was the limit of the Odrysian empire to the west ( Thuc . 2 , 29 ) . It after- ward ...
... land of blockheads " ( vervecum patriam , 10 , 50 ; compare Martial , 10 , 25 ; " Abderitanæ pectora plebis " ) . Much of this is exaggeration . Abdera was the limit of the Odrysian empire to the west ( Thuc . 2 , 29 ) . It after- ward ...
Strona 5
... land , called Nagara - Bor- nou , or Pesquics Point . ( Hobhouse's Jour . 2 , 217 , Am . ed . ) Wheeler has rectified in this particular the mis- take of Sandys ( Voyage , 1 , 74 ) , who supposed the mod- ern castle of Natolia to be on ...
... land , called Nagara - Bor- nou , or Pesquics Point . ( Hobhouse's Jour . 2 , 217 , Am . ed . ) Wheeler has rectified in this particular the mis- take of Sandys ( Voyage , 1 , 74 ) , who supposed the mod- ern castle of Natolia to be on ...
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... land connect- ing the promontory of Athos with the continent . Stra- bo ( Epit . 1. 7 , 330 ) places it on the Singiticus Sinus , as does Ptolomy ( p . 82 ) , but Herodotus distinctly fixes it on the Strymonicus Sinus ( 6 , 44 ; 7 , 22 ) ...
... land connect- ing the promontory of Athos with the continent . Stra- bo ( Epit . 1. 7 , 330 ) places it on the Singiticus Sinus , as does Ptolomy ( p . 82 ) , but Herodotus distinctly fixes it on the Strymonicus Sinus ( 6 , 44 ; 7 , 22 ) ...
Strona 10
... land in Attica . From a sarcasm of Aristophanes ( Acharn . 213.-Ib. ibid . 332 , seqq . ) , we learn , that many of the Acharnenses ( ' Axapveic ) followed the business of char- coal - burning . This borough belonged to the tribe Eneis ...
... land in Attica . From a sarcasm of Aristophanes ( Acharn . 213.-Ib. ibid . 332 , seqq . ) , we learn , that many of the Acharnenses ( ' Axapveic ) followed the business of char- coal - burning . This borough belonged to the tribe Eneis ...
Strona 26
... land on its banks . It con- tains some islands , which , from their low level , easily admit of irrigation . At the mouth of the Jebel - el - Sil- EGYS , a town of Laconia , on the borders of Arca- dia , and contiguous to Belmina ...
... land on its banks . It con- tains some islands , which , from their low level , easily admit of irrigation . At the mouth of the Jebel - el - Sil- EGYS , a town of Laconia , on the borders of Arca- dia , and contiguous to Belmina ...
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