Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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Página iii
... Minor . Age of Homer . Dedication of Solomon's temple . 975 Kingdoms of Israel and Judah divided . 907 Age of Hesiod . 896 Elijah taken up to heaven . 884 Lycurgus the Spartan lawgiver . 869 Carthage built . 820 Sardanapalus , last king ...
... Minor . Age of Homer . Dedication of Solomon's temple . 975 Kingdoms of Israel and Judah divided . 907 Age of Hesiod . 896 Elijah taken up to heaven . 884 Lycurgus the Spartan lawgiver . 869 Carthage built . 820 Sardanapalus , last king ...
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... Minor tributary to the Per- sians . 377 Lacedæmonians defeated off Naxus by Cha- brias . Age of Isæus , Isocrates , Diogenes , & c 371 The Lacedæonians defeated by the Thebans , commanded by Epaminondas , at the bat- tle of Leuctra ...
... Minor tributary to the Per- sians . 377 Lacedæmonians defeated off Naxus by Cha- brias . Age of Isæus , Isocrates , Diogenes , & c 371 The Lacedæonians defeated by the Thebans , commanded by Epaminondas , at the bat- tle of Leuctra ...
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... Minor destroyed by an earth- quake . 19 Germanicus , poisoned by Piso , dies at Antioch . 26 Tiberius retires to the island of Capreæ . 31 Sejanus disgraced and put to death . 33 Our Saviour crucified . 36 Conversion of St. Paul . 37 ...
... Minor destroyed by an earth- quake . 19 Germanicus , poisoned by Piso , dies at Antioch . 26 Tiberius retires to the island of Capreæ . 31 Sejanus disgraced and put to death . 33 Our Saviour crucified . 36 Conversion of St. Paul . 37 ...
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... Minor , and were remarkably addicted to auguriest and soothsaying . East of Etruria were the Umbri , a very antient nation , whose coast along the Adriatic was subsequently oc- cupied by the Galli Senones . Their name still remains in ...
... Minor , and were remarkably addicted to auguriest and soothsaying . East of Etruria were the Umbri , a very antient nation , whose coast along the Adriatic was subsequently oc- cupied by the Galli Senones . Their name still remains in ...
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... minor and the Hyblæi Colles , celebrated for their bees f . Below was the river Anapus , and the far - famed city of Syracuse , still called Siracusa . ( Pl . XXI . ) It was taken by Marcellus the Roman Prætor , in the second Punic war ...
... minor and the Hyblæi Colles , celebrated for their bees f . Below was the river Anapus , and the far - famed city of Syracuse , still called Siracusa . ( Pl . XXI . ) It was taken by Marcellus the Roman Prætor , in the second Punic war ...
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.