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 of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the SameHarper, 1847 - 1458 |
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... Geogr . 2 , 351. ) ABDERUS , a Locrian , armour - bearer of Hercules ; torn to pieces by the mares of Diomedes , which the hero , warring against the Bistones , had intrusted to his care . According to Philostratus ( Icon . 2 , 35 ) ...
... Geogr . 2 , 351. ) ABDERUS , a Locrian , armour - bearer of Hercules ; torn to pieces by the mares of Diomedes , which the hero , warring against the Bistones , had intrusted to his care . According to Philostratus ( Icon . 2 , 35 ) ...
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... Geogr . Anc.- gonia , southeast of the promontory Carambis . It was the birthplace of an impostor , who assumed the char- acter of Esculapius . Lucian ( Pseud . 58 ) states , that he petitioned the Roman emperor to change the name of ...
... Geogr . Anc.- gonia , southeast of the promontory Carambis . It was the birthplace of an impostor , who assumed the char- acter of Esculapius . Lucian ( Pseud . 58 ) states , that he petitioned the Roman emperor to change the name of ...
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... Geogr . , vol . 4 , p . mentators as the dudaim ( mandrakes ) of the sacred 45 , seqq . ) writings . The papyrus , not less celebrated in ancient times than the lotus , and which is believed to have disappeared from the banks of the ...
... Geogr . , vol . 4 , p . mentators as the dudaim ( mandrakes ) of the sacred 45 , seqq . ) writings . The papyrus , not less celebrated in ancient times than the lotus , and which is believed to have disappeared from the banks of the ...
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... Geogr . 10 , 1 , 303. ) A new Under the Roman dominion , Thebais alone was re- garded as a separate division of the country ; all the rest of the land obtained no farther division than that produced by its nomes . Hence Pliny ( 5 , 9 ) ...
... Geogr . 10 , 1 , 303. ) A new Under the Roman dominion , Thebais alone was re- garded as a separate division of the country ; all the rest of the land obtained no farther division than that produced by its nomes . Hence Pliny ( 5 , 9 ) ...
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... ( Geogr . Gr . Min . , vol . 1 , p . 212 , ed . Hudson ) , in the time of the sixth Ptolemy , visited these mines , of which he has given a most exact description . Thus Thebes possessed , in the precious metals , one of those articles of ...
... ( Geogr . Gr . Min . , vol . 1 , p . 212 , ed . Hudson ) , in the time of the sixth Ptolemy , visited these mines , of which he has given a most exact description . Thus Thebes possessed , in the precious metals , one of those articles of ...
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