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 & Brothers, 1842 - 1423 |
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Strona 17
... gave oracles , Pol . 11 , 3 ) expressly refers it to the time of Lycur though in this dilapidated state , and was consulted for gus ( Plut . Vit . Lys . 1 ) . The practice of scalping , that purpose by an agent of Mardonius ( Herod . 8 ...
... gave oracles , Pol . 11 , 3 ) expressly refers it to the time of Lycur though in this dilapidated state , and was consulted for gus ( Plut . Vit . Lys . 1 ) . The practice of scalping , that purpose by an agent of Mardonius ( Herod . 8 ...
Strona 17
... gave the name Abi to the people , who had sent ambassadors , merely because they had heard that the Abii dwelt on that river . ABILA , OF ABYLA , I. a mountain of Africa , opposite Calpe ( Gibraltar ) , supposed to coincide with Cape ...
... gave the name Abi to the people , who had sent ambassadors , merely because they had heard that the Abii dwelt on that river . ABILA , OF ABYLA , I. a mountain of Africa , opposite Calpe ( Gibraltar ) , supposed to coincide with Cape ...
Strona 17
... gave name to Acarnania ; but vid . Acarnania . ( Paus . 8 , 24. ) ACARNANIA , a country of Greece Proper , along the western coast , having Ætolia on the east . The natu- ral boundary on the Etolian side was the Achelous , but it was ...
... gave name to Acarnania ; but vid . Acarnania . ( Paus . 8 , 24. ) ACARNANIA , a country of Greece Proper , along the western coast , having Ætolia on the east . The natu- ral boundary on the Etolian side was the Achelous , but it was ...
Strona 18
... gave the Romans have settled here . The Pelasgi appear also to have an opportunity of interfering in the affairs of Greece , spread over this region , and to have gradually blended and at last Corinth was destroyed , and the Achæan with ...
... gave the Romans have settled here . The Pelasgi appear also to have an opportunity of interfering in the affairs of Greece , spread over this region , and to have gradually blended and at last Corinth was destroyed , and the Achæan with ...
Strona 25
... gave the origin of the principal royal lines among hie countrymen . He made historic times commence with Phoroneus , son of Inachus , and he reckoned 1020 years from him to the first Olympiad , or 776 B.C. We have only a few fragments ...
... gave the origin of the principal royal lines among hie countrymen . He made historic times commence with Phoroneus , son of Inachus , and he reckoned 1020 years from him to the first Olympiad , or 776 B.C. We have only a few fragments ...
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