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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... river of Epirus , now the Aspro Potamo , or " White River , " which rises in Mount Pin- dus , and , after dividing Acarnania from Ætolia ( Strab . 450 ) , falls into the Sinus Corinthiacus . It was a large and rapid stream , probably ...
... river of Epirus , now the Aspro Potamo , or " White River , " which rises in Mount Pin- dus , and , after dividing Acarnania from Ætolia ( Strab . 450 ) , falls into the Sinus Corinthiacus . It was a large and rapid stream , probably ...
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... river divided designates the lower world . II . A river of Brut- as above stated , until Hercules , by means of dikes , re- tium , flowing into the Mare Tyrrhenum a short distance strained its ravages , and made the course of the stream ...
... river divided designates the lower world . II . A river of Brut- as above stated , until Hercules , by means of dikes , re- tium , flowing into the Mare Tyrrhenum a short distance strained its ravages , and made the course of the stream ...
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... river Phasis in Colchis . The most probable opinion is , that it existed only in the imaginations of the poets ... river of Epirus , thought to be the modern Vajussa , falling into the Ionian Sea . Isaac Vossius , in his commentary on ...
... river Phasis in Colchis . The most probable opinion is , that it existed only in the imaginations of the poets ... river of Epirus , thought to be the modern Vajussa , falling into the Ionian Sea . Isaac Vossius , in his commentary on ...
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... river , called also Egos Potamoi , and by the Latin writers Agos Flu- men , a small river in the Thracian Chersonese , and south of Callipolis , which apparently gave its name to a town or port situate at its mouth . ( Herod . , 9 , 119 ...
... river , called also Egos Potamoi , and by the Latin writers Agos Flu- men , a small river in the Thracian Chersonese , and south of Callipolis , which apparently gave its name to a town or port situate at its mouth . ( Herod . , 9 , 119 ...
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... river , and increasing grad- ually as recedes from it : thirdly , that beneath the mud there is a bed of sand similar to that always brought down by the river . The first - mentioned pe- culiarity is satisfactorily explained by the ...
... river , and increasing grad- ually as recedes from it : thirdly , that beneath the mud there is a bed of sand similar to that always brought down by the river . The first - mentioned pe- culiarity is satisfactorily explained by the ...
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