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. Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the SameHarper, 1890 - 1451 |
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... island ; and the latter , having dis covered this , escaped into the Roman province , and thence passed over into Spain . Here he constructed two vessels , one intended to keep near the coast , the other to sail in deep water ; and ...
... island ; and the latter , having dis covered this , escaped into the Roman province , and thence passed over into Spain . Here he constructed two vessels , one intended to keep near the coast , the other to sail in deep water ; and ...
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... island ; and Pliny ( 4 , 16 ) says , that the island of Britain was formerly called Albion , the name of Britain being common to all the islands around it . ( “ Britannia insula ....... Al- bion ipsi nomen fuit , cum Britannica ...
... island ; and Pliny ( 4 , 16 ) says , that the island of Britain was formerly called Albion , the name of Britain being common to all the islands around it . ( “ Britannia insula ....... Al- bion ipsi nomen fuit , cum Britannica ...
Strona 116
... island of Ortygia , near the coast of Sici- ditti that infested them . He improved the old roads ly , and forming in a later age one of the quarters of the and constructed new ones ; and finally succeeded in city of Syracuse . The ...
... island of Ortygia , near the coast of Sici- ditti that infested them . He improved the old roads ly , and forming in a later age one of the quarters of the and constructed new ones ; and finally succeeded in city of Syracuse . The ...
Strona 131
... island was of volcanic origin . Apollonius Rhodius , however ( 4 , 1717 ) , gives a different account , according to which the island received its name from Apollo's having ap- peared there to the Argonauts in a storm . A temple was in ...
... island was of volcanic origin . Apollonius Rhodius , however ( 4 , 1717 ) , gives a different account , according to which the island received its name from Apollo's having ap- peared there to the Argonauts in a storm . A temple was in ...
Strona 173
... island of the same name , on the coast of Phoenicia . According to Strabo , it was founded by a band of exiles from Sidon . The island on which it stood was a mere rock , not quite seven stadia in circumference ; and hence , as the pop ...
... island of the same name , on the coast of Phoenicia . According to Strabo , it was founded by a band of exiles from Sidon . The island on which it stood was a mere rock , not quite seven stadia in circumference ; and hence , as the pop ...
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