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 SchoolsG. Robinson, 1773 - 628 |
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Strona 9
... promontory Sunium of Attica to Theffaly ,, and feparated from Boeotia by a narrow ftrait , called Euripus . From its length the ifland was formerly called Macris : afterwards Abantias , or Abantis , from the Abantes , a people ...
... promontory Sunium of Attica to Theffaly ,, and feparated from Boeotia by a narrow ftrait , called Euripus . From its length the ifland was formerly called Macris : afterwards Abantias , or Abantis , from the Abantes , a people ...
Strona 8
... promontory of Chimerium to the weft of the Sinus Ambracius , in a course from north to fouth . ACHERON , or Acheros , a river of the Bruttii in Italy , running from eaft to weft ; where Alexander , king of Epirus , was flain by the ...
... promontory of Chimerium to the weft of the Sinus Ambracius , in a course from north to fouth . ACHERON , or Acheros , a river of the Bruttii in Italy , running from eaft to weft ; where Alexander , king of Epirus , was flain by the ...
Strona 11
... promontory of Bithynia , near the Bosphorus Thracius , Strabo . Now il Capo Acria , not far from Chalcedon ACRITAS , a promontory of Messenia , near Methone , Ptolemy ; running into the fea , and forming the be ginning of the bay of ...
... promontory of Bithynia , near the Bosphorus Thracius , Strabo . Now il Capo Acria , not far from Chalcedon ACRITAS , a promontory of Messenia , near Methone , Ptolemy ; running into the fea , and forming the be ginning of the bay of ...
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... promontory Mifenus to the weft ; twenty miles in compafs ; called Pithecufa by the Greeks . It is one of the Oenotrides ; and fenced round by very high rocks , as to be inacceffible but on one fide : it was formerly famous for its ...
... promontory Mifenus to the weft ; twenty miles in compafs ; called Pithecufa by the Greeks . It is one of the Oenotrides ; and fenced round by very high rocks , as to be inacceffible but on one fide : it was formerly famous for its ...
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... promontory and port near Troy , Stephan . AGAMEDE , the name of a place near Pyrrha , in the island of Lesbos , Stephanus . The calling it a place denotes that the town is extinct . AGAMEMNONIS FONTES , fprings in lonia , near Smyrna ...
... promontory and port near Troy , Stephan . AGAMEDE , the name of a place near Pyrrha , in the island of Lesbos , Stephanus . The calling it a place denotes that the town is extinct . AGAMEMNONIS FONTES , fprings in lonia , near Smyrna ...
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Strona 10 - 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 3 - 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 9 - 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 7 - ... 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 7 - 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...