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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Herodotus, with no little plausibility, seeks to tion is given by Plutarch (Wit. Aler, c.
26), and, as may reconcile these two statements, by conjecturing that well be
expected, the answer of the oracle was alto- the Dodoneans gave the name of ...
Herodotus, with no little plausibility, seeks to tion is given by Plutarch (Wit. Aler, c.
26), and, as may reconcile these two statements, by conjecturing that well be
expected, the answer of the oracle was alto- the Dodoneans gave the name of ...
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Crassus proved very serviceable to this commander in the decisive battle that
was fought near Rome; but afterward, making the most unjust and rapacious use
of Sylla's proscriptions, that leader, according to Plutarch, gave him up, and never
...
Crassus proved very serviceable to this commander in the decisive battle that
was fought near Rome; but afterward, making the most unjust and rapacious use
of Sylla's proscriptions, that leader, according to Plutarch, gave him up, and never
...
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According to Plutarch, he went to Cappadocia and Galatia, under the pretence of
offering a sacrifice which he had vowed to Cybele, but with the real object of
exciting Mithradates to war, in order that he might be again employed in military ...
According to Plutarch, he went to Cappadocia and Galatia, under the pretence of
offering a sacrifice which he had vowed to Cybele, but with the real object of
exciting Mithradates to war, in order that he might be again employed in military ...
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It is not known whether Plutarch prolonged his stay in Italy until that period when
Domitian, by a public decree, banished all philosophers from that country. Some
critics have supposed that he made many visits to Rome, but none after the reign
...
It is not known whether Plutarch prolonged his stay in Italy until that period when
Domitian, by a public decree, banished all philosophers from that country. Some
critics have supposed that he made many visits to Rome, but none after the reign
...
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biographical sketches of Plutarch, though our limits forbid our entering on the
detail. It may be said, in a few words, that Plutarch, in the composition of his Lives
, consulted all the existing historians; that he did not, however, blindly follow them
, ...
biographical sketches of Plutarch, though our limits forbid our entering on the
detail. It may be said, in a few words, that Plutarch, in the composition of his Lives
, consulted all the existing historians; that he did not, however, blindly follow them
, ...
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