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 Same |
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Herodotus makes them 120 stadia each side, or 480 in circumference. Pliny and
Solinus give the circuit at 60 Roman miles; which, reckoning eight stadia to a mile
, agrees with the account of Herodotus. Strabo makes it 385 stadia. Diodorus ...
Herodotus makes them 120 stadia each side, or 480 in circumference. Pliny and
Solinus give the circuit at 60 Roman miles; which, reckoning eight stadia to a mile
, agrees with the account of Herodotus. Strabo makes it 385 stadia. Diodorus ...
Strona 386
The whole circumference of Crete was estimated at 4100 stadia by Artemidorus;
but Sosicrates, who wrote a very accurate description of it, did not compute the
periphery at less than 5000 stadia, Hieronymus also, in reckoning the length
alone ...
The whole circumference of Crete was estimated at 4100 stadia by Artemidorus;
but Sosicrates, who wrote a very accurate description of it, did not compute the
periphery at less than 5000 stadia, Hieronymus also, in reckoning the length
alone ...
Strona 584
Heraclides, of Pontus, relates that this disaster, which took place in his time,
occurred during the night; the town, and all that lay between it and the sea, a
distance of twelve stadia, being inundated in an instant. Two thousand workmen
were ...
Heraclides, of Pontus, relates that this disaster, which took place in his time,
occurred during the night; the town, and all that lay between it and the sea, a
distance of twelve stadia, being inundated in an instant. Two thousand workmen
were ...
Strona 809
The stadium adopted by Strabo was that of Eratosthenes, 700 stadia making 1° of
latitude or longitude on the equator, or 60 nautical miles; hence a stadium is
0.0857 of a nautical mile, the mile being about 6082 feet. The Mediterranean was
...
The stadium adopted by Strabo was that of Eratosthenes, 700 stadia making 1° of
latitude or longitude on the equator, or 60 nautical miles; hence a stadium is
0.0857 of a nautical mile, the mile being about 6082 feet. The Mediterranean was
...
Strona 1064
p Piraeus (IIetpatóc), or PiræEUs (IIepaletic), a celebrated and capacious
harbour of Athens, at some distance from it, but joined to it by long walls, called
Hakpā Teixn. The southern wall was built by Themistocles, and was 35 stadia
long and ...
p Piraeus (IIetpatóc), or PiræEUs (IIepaletic), a celebrated and capacious
harbour of Athens, at some distance from it, but joined to it by long walls, called
Hakpā Teixn. The southern wall was built by Themistocles, and was 35 stadia
long and ...
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| Tytuł | 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 ... |
| Autor | Charles Anthon |
| Wydawca | Harper, 1847 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Uniwersytet Illinois w Urbanie i Champaign |
| W formie cyfrowej | 6 Lut 2015 |
| Liczba stron | 1458 |
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