Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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Página iv
... begin . 757 Isaiah begins to prophesy . 753 Rome founded , April 20 . 743 First Messenian war ; continues 19 years to the taking of Ithome . 721 Kingdom of Israel finished by the taking of Samaria by Salmanasar king of Assyria . 685 ...
... begin . 757 Isaiah begins to prophesy . 753 Rome founded , April 20 . 743 First Messenian war ; continues 19 years to the taking of Ithome . 721 Kingdom of Israel finished by the taking of Samaria by Salmanasar king of Assyria . 685 ...
Página v
... begins , May 7 , and con- tinues twenty - seven years . Age of Cra- tinus , Eupolis , Aristophanes , Meton , De- mocritus , Georgias , Thucydides , Hip- pocrates , Malachi the last of the Pro- phets and the history of the Old Testa ...
... begins , May 7 , and con- tinues twenty - seven years . Age of Cra- tinus , Eupolis , Aristophanes , Meton , De- mocritus , Georgias , Thucydides , Hip- pocrates , Malachi the last of the Pro- phets and the history of the Old Testa ...
Página vi
... destroys Thebes . 334 Alexander begins his Persian expedition . Battle of the Cranicus . 333 Battle of Issus . 332 Tyre taken and destroyed by Alexander : Alexander in Egypt founded by him . Ol . A.U.CB.C. ) cxii . 2 . 423 cxiii vi.
... destroys Thebes . 334 Alexander begins his Persian expedition . Battle of the Cranicus . 333 Battle of Issus . 332 Tyre taken and destroyed by Alexander : Alexander in Egypt founded by him . Ol . A.U.CB.C. ) cxii . 2 . 423 cxiii vi.
Página vii
... begin the Tarentine war . æan league begins . 280 Pyrrhus king of Epirus goes to Italy to assist the Tarentines . 278 The Gauls cut to pieces near Delphi . Age of Sostratus , Theocritus , Aratus , Lyco- phron , & c . 274 Curius defeats ...
... begin the Tarentine war . æan league begins . 280 Pyrrhus king of Epirus goes to Italy to assist the Tarentines . 278 The Gauls cut to pieces near Delphi . Age of Sostratus , Theocritus , Aratus , Lyco- phron , & c . 274 Curius defeats ...
Página viii
... begins and continues 17 years . Battle of Ticinus and Trebia . 217 Battle of Trasymenus . 216 Battle of Cannæ . 214 Romans begin war against Philip in Epirus . 212 Syracuse taken by Marcellus after a siege of three years . Death of ...
... begins and continues 17 years . Battle of Ticinus and Trebia . 217 Battle of Trasymenus . 216 Battle of Cannæ . 214 Romans begin war against Philip in Epirus . 212 Syracuse taken by Marcellus after a siege of three years . Death of ...
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.