Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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Página 54
... interior of the country , and nearly in its centre , was the celebrated plain of Enna , from which Proserpine was carried away by Pluto to the shades below . ( See Ovid , Met . V. 341. ) It is now called Castro Janni , or Giovanni ...
... interior of the country , and nearly in its centre , was the celebrated plain of Enna , from which Proserpine was carried away by Pluto to the shades below . ( See Ovid , Met . V. 341. ) It is now called Castro Janni , or Giovanni ...
Página 83
... interior of Germany , attached to the Romans . East of them , on the bank of the Danube , were the Narisci , where is Regina , now Ratisbon : North - east of whom in the centre of Germany , were the Boii , or Boiohemi , in Bohemia ...
... interior of Germany , attached to the Romans . East of them , on the bank of the Danube , were the Narisci , where is Regina , now Ratisbon : North - east of whom in the centre of Germany , were the Boii , or Boiohemi , in Bohemia ...
Página 89
... interior is Nais- sus , now Nissa , the birth - place of Constantine the Great ; and South - east is Sardica , the Metropolis of Dacia , and celebrated for a Christian council . In Mosia Inferior was Marcianopolis , the capital , so ...
... interior is Nais- sus , now Nissa , the birth - place of Constantine the Great ; and South - east is Sardica , the Metropolis of Dacia , and celebrated for a Christian council . In Mosia Inferior was Marcianopolis , the capital , so ...
Página 96
... of Si- cyonia . Near the coast was Sicyon , which , in the mo- dern name of Basilico , still retains the memorial of hav- ing been the most antient kingdom of Greece . South of Sicyon , in the interior , was the city of 96.
... of Si- cyonia . Near the coast was Sicyon , which , in the mo- dern name of Basilico , still retains the memorial of hav- ing been the most antient kingdom of Greece . South of Sicyon , in the interior , was the city of 96.
Página 97
... interior , was the city of Phlius , which still preserves its name in Staphlica . Proceeding towards the end of the Sinus Corinthiacus , we come into the dis- trict of Corinth , where we meet with that far - famed city , which was ...
... interior , was the city of Phlius , which still preserves its name in Staphlica . Proceeding towards the end of the Sinus Corinthiacus , we come into the dis- trict of Corinth , where we meet with that far - famed city , which was ...
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.