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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... supposed by the earlier Greeks to inhabit the banks of the Tanais . Homer is thought to allude to them , Il . 13 , 6 , where for ȧyavāv some read ' Abiwv re . By others they are supposed to be identical with the Macrobii . The name ...
... supposed by the earlier Greeks to inhabit the banks of the Tanais . Homer is thought to allude to them , Il . 13 , 6 , where for ȧyavāv some read ' Abiwv re . By others they are supposed to be identical with the Macrobii . The name ...
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... supposed that the portion banks of drifting sand , which are at present on the of territory , at the present day , in Egypt , capable of increase . Egypt then , in general language , may be cultivation , may amount to about 16,000 ...
... supposed that the portion banks of drifting sand , which are at present on the of territory , at the present day , in Egypt , capable of increase . Egypt then , in general language , may be cultivation , may amount to about 16,000 ...
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... supposed to be the which the ancient Egyptians paid divine honours , and nymphæa nelumbo , or nelumbium speciosum , the " sa- had even dedicated a town in Upper Egypt , called by cred bean " of India , now found only in that country ...
... supposed to be the which the ancient Egyptians paid divine honours , and nymphæa nelumbo , or nelumbium speciosum , the " sa- had even dedicated a town in Upper Egypt , called by cred bean " of India , now found only in that country ...
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... supposed to be more accurate , in what refers to the internal polity of this nation , than Herodotus . Strabo has mentioned , in a very summary manner , the division of the Egyp tians into classes . He distinguishes the two higher ranks ...
... supposed to be more accurate , in what refers to the internal polity of this nation , than Herodotus . Strabo has mentioned , in a very summary manner , the division of the Egyp tians into classes . He distinguishes the two higher ranks ...
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... supposed to contain , but from the earthen casks or barrels ( πibúkiov , dolio- lum ) which were made there . The Romans called the largest of the two islands Enaria , probably from the copper which they found in it . Enaria was a ...
... supposed to contain , but from the earthen casks or barrels ( πibúkiov , dolio- lum ) which were made there . The Romans called the largest of the two islands Enaria , probably from the copper which they found in it . Enaria was a ...
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