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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... stadia , or more than 3 1-2 miles from each other . The bridges were on the Propontic side of Abydos , but on the opposite quarter of Scstos ; that is to say , they were on the coasts between the two cities , but nearer to the first ...
... stadia , or more than 3 1-2 miles from each other . The bridges were on the Propontic side of Abydos , but on the opposite quarter of Scstos ; that is to say , they were on the coasts between the two cities , but nearer to the first ...
Strona 24
... stadia in perpendicular height , but that the ascent to the top is 30 stadia by the road , the circuitous in- flections of which render this no extravagant computa- tion . The Acrocorinthus contains within its walls a town and three ...
... stadia in perpendicular height , but that the ascent to the top is 30 stadia by the road , the circuitous in- flections of which render this no extravagant computa- tion . The Acrocorinthus contains within its walls a town and three ...
Strona 30
... stadia , a computation which is much too large . The modern name is Maretimo . Off these islands the Roman fleet , under Lutatius Catulus , obtained a de- cisive victory over that of the Carthaginians , and which put an end to the first ...
... stadia , a computation which is much too large . The modern name is Maretimo . Off these islands the Roman fleet , under Lutatius Catulus , obtained a de- cisive victory over that of the Carthaginians , and which put an end to the first ...
Strona 33
... stadia from the sea . It occupied an elevated situation in a mountainous tract of coun- try . ( Thucyd . 3 , 97 ... stadia ; some unlawful measures pursued in a contest , which Pausanias , however ( 7 , 26 ) , removes the harbour would ...
... stadia from the sea . It occupied an elevated situation in a mountainous tract of coun- try . ( Thucyd . 3 , 97 ... stadia ; some unlawful measures pursued in a contest , which Pausanias , however ( 7 , 26 ) , removes the harbour would ...
Strona 104
... stadia in length , but could discover no bottom . ( Pausan . , 2 , 37. ) ALERIA , a city of Corsica , on the eastern coast . It was founded by the Phocæans , under the name of Ala- lia ( ' Aλañía ) , and about twenty years after its ...
... stadia in length , but could discover no bottom . ( Pausan . , 2 , 37. ) ALERIA , a city of Corsica , on the eastern coast . It was founded by the Phocæans , under the name of Ala- lia ( ' Aλañía ) , and about twenty years after its ...
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