A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History; Exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, &c. And Illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole Established by Proper Authorities, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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new place, seeks the name in the index, and then by a second labour finds that in
a System which he would have found in a Dictionary by the first. As Dictionaries
are commodious, they are likewise fallacious ; he whose works exhibit an ...
new place, seeks the name in the index, and then by a second labour finds that in
a System which he would have found in a Dictionary by the first. As Dictionaries
are commodious, they are likewise fallacious ; he whose works exhibit an ...
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Abnoba, now Abenonu, a long range of mountains in Germany, taking different
names according to the different countries ... Aborigines, Dionysius Halicarnas-
seus, Li'vy, Virgil: a very ancient people in Latiumj who are said to' have come
with ...
Abnoba, now Abenonu, a long range of mountains in Germany, taking different
names according to the different countries ... Aborigines, Dionysius Halicarnas-
seus, Li'vy, Virgil: a very ancient people in Latiumj who are said to' have come
with ...
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Academia CtcERONis, the name of a villa of Cicero, situate between the
LacusAverni and Puteoli on the sea stiore ; famous for a ... Acale, a town of
Arabia Felix, Ptolemy, Ac amantis, the ancient name of the island Cyprus, taken
from one of its ...
Academia CtcERONis, the name of a villa of Cicero, situate between the
LacusAverni and Puteoli on the sea stiore ; famous for a ... Acale, a town of
Arabia Felix, Ptolemy, Ac amantis, the ancient name of the island Cyprus, taken
from one of its ...
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Aegialeus, Pliny; a mountain of Attica, written Aigaleos by Thucy- dides; situate
on the right, as you go from Oenoe to Acharnae. Aigiali, nun:, Strabo, Stephanus ;
the ancient name of Sicyon, which □fee : so called from one of its ancient ...
Aegialeus, Pliny; a mountain of Attica, written Aigaleos by Thucy- dides; situate
on the right, as you go from Oenoe to Acharnae. Aigiali, nun:, Strabo, Stephanus ;
the ancient name of Sicyon, which □fee : so called from one of its ancient ...
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Azlana, Josephus ; or Elana; Ada, Strabo ; the more ancient name, the Ailalh, or
Elath of Moses ; a town of Arabia Petraea, situate on a bay of the Red Sea, called
from it Adamites, Ptolemy; Elarrites, and Elani- tU-us, Pliny ; the inhabitants are ...
Azlana, Josephus ; or Elana; Ada, Strabo ; the more ancient name, the Ailalh, or
Elath of Moses ; a town of Arabia Petraea, situate on a bay of the Red Sea, called
from it Adamites, Ptolemy; Elarrites, and Elani- tU-us, Pliny ; the inhabitants are ...
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Strona 16 - He used to thank the gods for three things ; that he was born a reasonable creature, and not a beast ; a man, and not a woman ; a Greek, and not a Barbarian.
Strona 7 - Quiritum only, or private right ; as right of liberty, of gentility, or dignity of family, facrifice, marriage, &c. For it was long a rule, never to grant the liberty of the city in full to colonies ; nor is there any inftance to the contrary, till after the Social war, in the year of the city fix hundred and fixty-two.
Strona 3 - Liguria, at the confluence of the Stura and Tanarus. Suetonius calls it a municipium, and the people Pollentina Plebs. It was famous for its abundance of black fleeces; but was afterwards, under Arcadius and Honorius, ftained with a defeat rather of the Romans under Stilico than of the Goths under Alaricus.
Strona 5 - ... Dictionaries are commodious, they are likewise fallacious: he whose works exhibit an apparent connexion and regular subordination cannot easily conceal his ignorance, or favour his idleness; the completeness of one part will show the deficiency of another: but the writer of a Dictionary may silently omit what he does not know; and his ignorance, if it happens to be discovered, slips away from censure under the name of forgetfulness.
Strona 5 - I fhall not often be found to have ufed. I have not only digefted former Dictionaries into my alphabet, but have confulted the ancient Geographers, without neglecting other authors. I have in fome degree enlightened ancient by modern Geography, having given the fituation of places from later obfervation. Names are often changing, but place is always the fame, and to know it exactly is always of importance...
Strona 4 - Philistines (Bible) ; which lay along the Mediterranean, from Joppa to the boundary of Egypt, and extending to inland places not far from the coast.
Strona 11 - Romans \\ere fo far from being difpleafed, that by a vote of the people, they had the freedom of the city granted them.
Strona 5 - It may be confidered as a part of Mount Sion, to which it was joined by a bridge and gallery, (Id...
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| Tytuł | A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History; Exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, &c. And Illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole Established by Proper Authorities, and ... |
| Autor | Alexander MacBean |
| Wydawca | G. Robinson, 1773 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Biblioteka Publiczna w Nowym Jorku |
| W formie cyfrowej | 28 Kwi 2007 |
| Liczba stron | 628 |
| Eksportuj cytowanie | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |