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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... coast . All the rice , the staple food of the people , en- ters the country by Acre ; the master of which city , therefore , is able to cause a famine over all Syria . This led the French to direct their efforts towards the possession ...
... coast . All the rice , the staple food of the people , en- ters the country by Acre ; the master of which city , therefore , is able to cause a famine over all Syria . This led the French to direct their efforts towards the possession ...
Strona 9
... coast was for the most part level , and was hence exposed to frequent inundations . It had few harbours ; not one of any size , or secure for ships . On this account we find , that of the cities along the coast of Achaia , none became ...
... coast was for the most part level , and was hence exposed to frequent inundations . It had few harbours ; not one of any size , or secure for ships . On this account we find , that of the cities along the coast of Achaia , none became ...
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... coast of the Adriatic . Here the fam- ily of the Emperor Adrian , according to his own ac- count , took its rise . The modern name of the place is Adri or Atri . in this sense ( ' O d''lovios KóλпоÇ μÉроÇ ¿ OTì TOŬ vvv ' Adpiov ...
... coast of the Adriatic . Here the fam- ily of the Emperor Adrian , according to his own ac- count , took its rise . The modern name of the place is Adri or Atri . in this sense ( ' O d''lovios KóλпоÇ μÉроÇ ¿ OTì TOŬ vvv ' Adpiov ...
Strona 21
... coast of Ethiopia . It was founded by fugitive slaves from Egypt , but fell subsequently under the power of the neighbouring kingdom of Auxume . Ptolemy writes the name ' Adovan , Strabo ' Adovei , and Stephanus Byzantinus ' Adovλtc ...
... coast of Ethiopia . It was founded by fugitive slaves from Egypt , but fell subsequently under the power of the neighbouring kingdom of Auxume . Ptolemy writes the name ' Adovan , Strabo ' Adovei , and Stephanus Byzantinus ' Adovλtc ...
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... coast of Campania , at the entrance of the Bay of Naples . Properly speaking , there are two islands , and hence the plural form of the name which the Greeks applied to them , al IIOnkov- Gai ( Pithecusa ) . This latter appellation ...
... coast of Campania , at the entrance of the Bay of Naples . Properly speaking , there are two islands , and hence the plural form of the name which the Greeks applied to them , al IIOnkov- Gai ( Pithecusa ) . This latter appellation ...
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