Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 páginas |
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Página iii
... Kingdom of Attica founded by Cecrops . 1493 1452 Thebes built by Cadmus . The five books of Moses written , who dies ... Kingdoms of Israel and Judah divided . 907 Age of Hesiod . 896 Elijah taken up to heaven . 884 Lycurgus the Spartan ...
... Kingdom of Attica founded by Cecrops . 1493 1452 Thebes built by Cadmus . The five books of Moses written , who dies ... Kingdoms of Israel and Judah divided . 907 Age of Hesiod . 896 Elijah taken up to heaven . 884 Lycurgus the Spartan ...
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... Kingdom of Israel finished by the taking of Samaria by Salmanasar king of Assyria . 685 Second Messenian war ; continues fourteen years to the taking of Ira after a siege of eleven years . Age of Tyrtæus and Archi- lochus . 684 Annual ...
... Kingdom of Israel finished by the taking of Samaria by Salmanasar king of Assyria . 685 Second Messenian war ; continues fourteen years to the taking of Ira after a siege of eleven years . Age of Tyrtæus and Archi- lochus . 684 Annual ...
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... Kingdom of Egypt founded by Ptolemy . 323 321 Romans defeated by the Samnites at Cau- dium . 320 Polyperchon publishes liberty to all the Cre- cian cities . Age of Praxiteles , Menander , Demetrius Phalereus . 315 Eumenes delivered to ...
... Kingdom of Egypt founded by Ptolemy . 323 321 Romans defeated by the Samnites at Cau- dium . 320 Polyperchon publishes liberty to all the Cre- cian cities . Age of Praxiteles , Menander , Demetrius Phalereus . 315 Eumenes delivered to ...
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... Kingdom of Naples . The chief city of Campania was Capua , on the river Vulturnus , celebrated for the luxury of its inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , is the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now ...
... Kingdom of Naples . The chief city of Campania was Capua , on the river Vulturnus , celebrated for the luxury of its inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , is the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now ...
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... kingdom of Navarre ; whose chief city was Pompelo , or Pompeluna . The Cantabri * possessed Biscay , and part of Asturias , and held out against the Roman power for many years . Among them were the Concani , whose ferocity is also ...
... kingdom of Navarre ; whose chief city was Pompelo , or Pompeluna . The Cantabri * possessed Biscay , and part of Asturias , and held out against the Roman power for many years . Among them were the Concani , whose ferocity is also ...
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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.