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 Same |
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Strona 415
Aryandes, the Persian governor of Egypt, under Camby ses, in imitation of the
Darics. He was put to death by Darius for his presumption. The coining of these
Darics or Aryandics in silver, however, must have been continued after the time of
...
Aryandes, the Persian governor of Egypt, under Camby ses, in imitation of the
Darics. He was put to death by Darius for his presumption. The coining of these
Darics or Aryandics in silver, however, must have been continued after the time of
...
Strona 588
Athens only rose to importance in the century preceding the Persian wars; but
even in this period her power was not more than a match for the little states of
Megaris and Ægina. The city was long harassed by intestine commotions till the
time ...
Athens only rose to importance in the century preceding the Persian wars; but
even in this period her power was not more than a match for the little states of
Megaris and Ægina. The city was long harassed by intestine commotions till the
time ...
Strona 1009
Ammianus Marcellinus (19, 2), in the common text of his history, gives
Achaemenium as equivalent, in the Persian tongue, to “Rex regibus imperans ;”
but Valois (Valesius) corrects the common reading by the substitution of
Saansaan, which ...
Ammianus Marcellinus (19, 2), in the common text of his history, gives
Achaemenium as equivalent, in the Persian tongue, to “Rex regibus imperans ;”
but Valois (Valesius) corrects the common reading by the substitution of
Saansaan, which ...
Strona 1012
The Persian poet himself gives us the requisite information on this point, by
adding that Beit-ul-makaddes also bore the Tasi name of Hameh-el-Harran. It
was probably, therefore, Harran, in Mesopotamia, in the region called Diar
Modzár.
The Persian poet himself gives us the requisite information on this point, by
adding that Beit-ul-makaddes also bore the Tasi name of Hameh-el-Harran. It
was probably, therefore, Harran, in Mesopotamia, in the region called Diar
Modzár.
Strona 1014
the niention of which falls naturally under the present article, from the
circumstance of the Parthians being designated as Persians by many of the
Roman writers, particularly the poets, although they were, in fact, of Scythian
rather than Persian ...
the niention of which falls naturally under the present article, from the
circumstance of the Parthians being designated as Persians by many of the
Roman writers, particularly the poets, although they were, in fact, of Scythian
rather than Persian ...
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