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, 1842 - 1423 |
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... coast . All the rice , the staple food of the people , en- ters the country by Acre ; the master of which city , therefore , is able to cause a famine over all Syria . This led the French to direct their efforts towards the possession ...
... coast . All the rice , the staple food of the people , en- ters the country by Acre ; the master of which city , therefore , is able to cause a famine over all Syria . This led the French to direct their efforts towards the possession ...
Strona 17
... coast of the Euxine , mentioned by Arrian , in his Peri- from whom the Persians derived their national appella ... coast was for the most part level , and Wessel . ad Herod . 1. c . ) was hence exposed to frequent inundations . It had ...
... coast of the Euxine , mentioned by Arrian , in his Peri- from whom the Persians derived their national appella ... coast was for the most part level , and Wessel . ad Herod . 1. c . ) was hence exposed to frequent inundations . It had ...
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... coast of the Adriatic . Here the fam- ily of the Emperor Adrian , according to his own ac- count , took its rise . The modern name of the place is Adri or Atri . of them , however , considered it very probably a name for the Adriatic ...
... coast of the Adriatic . Here the fam- ily of the Emperor Adrian , according to his own ac- count , took its rise . The modern name of the place is Adri or Atri . of them , however , considered it very probably a name for the Adriatic ...
Strona 29
... coast of Ethiopia . It was founded by fugitive slaves from Egypt , but fell subsequently under the power of the neighbouring kingdom of Auxume . Ptolemy writes the name ' Adovan , Strabo ' Adovei , and Stephanus Byzantinus " Adovλtç ...
... coast of Ethiopia . It was founded by fugitive slaves from Egypt , but fell subsequently under the power of the neighbouring kingdom of Auxume . Ptolemy writes the name ' Adovan , Strabo ' Adovei , and Stephanus Byzantinus " Adovλtç ...
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... coast of Campania , at the entrance of the Bay of Naples . Properly speaking , there are two islands , and hence the plural form of the name which the Greeks applied to them , ai II0ŋxou- oal ( Pithecusa ) . This latter appellation ...
... coast of Campania , at the entrance of the Bay of Naples . Properly speaking , there are two islands , and hence the plural form of the name which the Greeks applied to them , ai II0ŋxou- oal ( Pithecusa ) . This latter appellation ...
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