Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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Página ix
... Africa . Cato kills himself . Cæsar corrects the callender by the advice of Socigenes : the year of con- fusion , consisting of fifteen months , or 445 days . 44 Cæsar killed in the senate - house . 709 45 Battle of Munda . 710 711 712 ...
... Africa . Cato kills himself . Cæsar corrects the callender by the advice of Socigenes : the year of con- fusion , consisting of fifteen months , or 445 days . 44 Cæsar killed in the senate - house . 709 45 Battle of Munda . 710 711 712 ...
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... Africa . In Europe they had little or rather no acquaintance with the countries North of Germany , now Prussia , Sweden , Den- mark , and Norway , which they called Scan- dinavia , and thought to consist of a number of islands . East of ...
... Africa . In Europe they had little or rather no acquaintance with the countries North of Germany , now Prussia , Sweden , Den- mark , and Norway , which they called Scan- dinavia , and thought to consist of a number of islands . East of ...
Página 26
... called Sinæ , now part of Cochin China . In Africa they knew little beyond Lat . 10 ° N. , and little of that perfectly , beyond the immediate coast of the Mediterranean and banks of the Nile . CHAPTER II . ITALIA ANTIQUA . A.G. Pl . I. 26.
... called Sinæ , now part of Cochin China . In Africa they knew little beyond Lat . 10 ° N. , and little of that perfectly , beyond the immediate coast of the Mediterranean and banks of the Nile . CHAPTER II . ITALIA ANTIQUA . A.G. Pl . I. 26.
Página 56
... African colony planted there . It was taken by the Romans with Corsica . The air of Sardinia was consid- ered very unwholesome , and the quantity of wormwood and bitter herbs it produced , particularly a species of ranunculus , was ...
... African colony planted there . It was taken by the Romans with Corsica . The air of Sardinia was consid- ered very unwholesome , and the quantity of wormwood and bitter herbs it produced , particularly a species of ranunculus , was ...
Página 69
... African coast . These pillars are said to have been erected by Hercules as the limits of the Western World . Gibraltar is a cor- * Hence we may fully understand Horace , when he says- Latius regnes avidum domando Spiritum , quam si ...
... African coast . These pillars are said to have been erected by Hercules as the limits of the Western World . Gibraltar is a cor- * Hence we may fully understand Horace , when he says- Latius regnes avidum domando Spiritum , quam si ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ægean Ægyptus afterwards Alexander Alpes antiently called Apollo Arabia Armenia Asia Minor Athenians Athens Augustus battle birth-place Bithynia Boeotia bounded built Cæsar Cæsarea Campania capital Cappadocia Caria celebrated Cilicia coast colony Cyrus Dacia Danube death defeated district East Eastern Eastward Egypt Emperor empire Epirus Epist Euboea Euphrates Euxine extremity flows Gallia Cisalpina gave name Grecian Greece Greeks Gulf Hannibal hence called Homer Horace Imaus inhabitants Insula Isauria island Italy Judæa killed king Lacedæmonians Lacus lake Latium Locri Lydia Macedonia Mare memorable Mons Mosia Mount mountains mouth Mysia nation Nile North North-east North-west Northern Numidia Olympiad opposite Palus Paphlagonia Persian Phocis Phrygia Pisidia PLATE Pompey Pontus Portus principal city promontory province Punic river Roman Rome sacred scene Scythia Secunda Severus shore side Sinus Corinthiacus South South-east South-west Southern Syria Syrtis Syrtis Minor temple Thessaly town tribes Vindelicia Virg Virgil West Western
Pasajes populares
Página 163 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 49 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda.
Página 197 - Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Página 196 - Desert, was a small and beautiful spot, or Oasis, as it is called, refreshed by streams and shade, and luxuriant with verdure, in which was the celebrated temple of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him in the form of a ram, and showed him a fountain, when himself and his army were perishing with thirst.
Página 49 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.