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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... Persia , made to at- tack his kingdom . The Persian monarch had demand- ed the daughter of Amasis in marriage ; but the father , knowing that Cambyses meant to make her , not his wife , but his concubine , endeavoured to deceive him by ...
... Persia , made to at- tack his kingdom . The Persian monarch had demand- ed the daughter of Amasis in marriage ; but the father , knowing that Cambyses meant to make her , not his wife , but his concubine , endeavoured to deceive him by ...
Strona 123
... Persia , and wife to Xerxes . Having discovered an intrigue between her husband and Artaynta , and imputing all the ... Persian children of noble birth , to propitiate , " says Herodo- tas , .. the deity who is said to dwell beneath the ...
... Persia , and wife to Xerxes . Having discovered an intrigue between her husband and Artaynta , and imputing all the ... Persian children of noble birth , to propitiate , " says Herodo- tas , .. the deity who is said to dwell beneath the ...
Strona 131
... Persians . ( Creuzer , Symbolik , vol . 2 , p . 27. ) The temple of Anaïtis , in Armenia , stood in the district of ... Persian Anahid , the name of the morning star , and of the female genius that di- rects with her lyre the harmony of ...
... Persians . ( Creuzer , Symbolik , vol . 2 , p . 27. ) The temple of Anaïtis , in Armenia , stood in the district of ... Persian Anahid , the name of the morning star , and of the female genius that di- rects with her lyre the harmony of ...
Strona 139
... Persian times , Antandrus , like many other parts of this coast , was subject to Mytilene , in the island of Lesbos . The Persians , however , held the citadel , which would seem to have stood on a mountain near the city . This mountain ...
... Persian times , Antandrus , like many other parts of this coast , was subject to Mytilene , in the island of Lesbos . The Persians , however , held the citadel , which would seem to have stood on a mountain near the city . This mountain ...
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... Persian Gulf , that it would be perfectly surrounded , were a line drawn from the inland extremity of the Persian Gulf to port Ailan or Elan , situate near the eastern extremity of the Red Sea . Arabia Petræa was so called , either from ...
... Persian Gulf , that it would be perfectly surrounded , were a line drawn from the inland extremity of the Persian Gulf to port Ailan or Elan , situate near the eastern extremity of the Red Sea . Arabia Petræa was so called , either from ...
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