A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece: With a Map, and a Plan of Athens, Volume 3Clarendon Press, 1828 - Greece |
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... ( Herod . II . 171. Thuc . I. 1. Xen . Hell . VII . 1 , 12. ) The Cynurians occupied a small tract of country on the borders of Argolis and Laconia , and became , from their situation , a constant object of contention to these two states ...
... ( Herod . II . 171. Thuc . I. 1. Xen . Hell . VII . 1 , 12. ) The Cynurians occupied a small tract of country on the borders of Argolis and Laconia , and became , from their situation , a constant object of contention to these two states ...
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... ( Herod . loc . cit . Pausan . Eliac . I. 1. ) The Lemnians are stated by Herodotus to have occupied the Parorea , better known in Grecian his- tory by the name of Triphylia . ( Cf. IV . 148. ) These were the Minya , who had been expelled ...
... ( Herod . loc . cit . Pausan . Eliac . I. 1. ) The Lemnians are stated by Herodotus to have occupied the Parorea , better known in Grecian his- tory by the name of Triphylia . ( Cf. IV . 148. ) These were the Minya , who had been expelled ...
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... ( Herod . V. 92. ) Λάβδα κύει , τέξει δ ' ὀλοοίτροχον · ἐν δὲ πεσεῖται Ανδρασι μουνάρχοισι , δικαιώσει δὲ Κόρινθον . Cypselus , on attaining to manhood , usurped the supreme power , and by his tyranny and cruelty ve- rified the prediction ...
... ( Herod . V. 92. ) Λάβδα κύει , τέξει δ ' ὀλοοίτροχον · ἐν δὲ πεσεῖται Ανδρασι μουνάρχοισι , δικαιώσει δὲ Κόρινθον . Cypselus , on attaining to manhood , usurped the supreme power , and by his tyranny and cruelty ve- rified the prediction ...
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... ( Herod . V. 92. ) and though we find the period of his government afterwards adverted to by the repub- lican Corinthians with detestation , it does not ap- pear that the opulence and power of their city were diminished or impaired by ...
... ( Herod . V. 92. ) and though we find the period of his government afterwards adverted to by the repub- lican Corinthians with detestation , it does not ap- pear that the opulence and power of their city were diminished or impaired by ...
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... ( Herod . III . 48. et seq . Thuc . I. 13. ) The arts of painting and sculpture , more especially that of bronze , attained to the highest perfection at Corinth , and rendered that city the ornament of Greece , until it was stripped of ...
... ( Herod . III . 48. et seq . Thuc . I. 13. ) The arts of painting and sculpture , more especially that of bronze , attained to the highest perfection at Corinth , and rendered that city the ornament of Greece , until it was stripped of ...
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