Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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... West of Greece . It was called Italia from a prince of the name of Italus ; Au- sonia from the Ausones , a people ... North 27 CHAPTER II. ...
... West of Greece . It was called Italia from a prince of the name of Italus ; Au- sonia from the Ausones , a people ... North 27 CHAPTER II. ...
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... North - west of them were the Taurini , or Piedmontese , whose capital Augusta , still retains the name of Turin . North- east of Gallia Cisalpina are the Veneti and Car- ni , at the top of the Sinus Hadriaticus . 28.
... North - west of them were the Taurini , or Piedmontese , whose capital Augusta , still retains the name of Turin . North- east of Gallia Cisalpina are the Veneti and Car- ni , at the top of the Sinus Hadriaticus . 28.
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... North - west of Mantua is Brixia , now Brescia , and still North - west is Bergomium , now Ber- gamo ; West of which is Comum , at the South end of the Lacus Larius , now the lake of Como , the birth - place of the younger Pliny ...
... North - west of Mantua is Brixia , now Brescia , and still North - west is Bergomium , now Ber- gamo ; West of which is Comum , at the South end of the Lacus Larius , now the lake of Como , the birth - place of the younger Pliny ...
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... North of the Po . In Gallia Cispadana , or Gaul South of the Po , is Placentia , now Piacenza , near the mouth of ... West , in the fifth century , when Rome was possessed by the Barbarians ; and , after that , for its being the seat of ...
... North of the Po . In Gallia Cispadana , or Gaul South of the Po , is Placentia , now Piacenza , near the mouth of ... West , in the fifth century , when Rome was possessed by the Barbarians ; and , after that , for its being the seat of ...
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... Western extremity of Liguria , they were called the Alpes Maritimæ , or Maritime ... North to South .. The Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West ...
... Western extremity of Liguria , they were called the Alpes Maritimæ , or Maritime ... North to South .. The Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West ...
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
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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.