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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... Peloponnese , a fact which is confirmed by the testimony of Herodotus ; but allowing their priority of existence in the peninsula , we have yet to dis- cover the primeval stock from whence they sprang , since they must have migrated ...
... Peloponnese , a fact which is confirmed by the testimony of Herodotus ; but allowing their priority of existence in the peninsula , we have yet to dis- cover the primeval stock from whence they sprang , since they must have migrated ...
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... Peloponnese , but often changed their abode , till they finally set- tled in the province which from them took the name of Achaia . ( VIII . 73. ) It appears therefore that Herodotus did not trace the origin of this people beyond the ...
... Peloponnese , but often changed their abode , till they finally set- tled in the province which from them took the name of Achaia . ( VIII . 73. ) It appears therefore that Herodotus did not trace the origin of this people beyond the ...
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... Peloponnesian states , at the head of which Sparta was already placed before the Persian war . Herodotus has recorded an occasion in which the wisdom and moderation of the Corinthians were very instrumental in counteracting the unjust ...
... Peloponnesian states , at the head of which Sparta was already placed before the Persian war . Herodotus has recorded an occasion in which the wisdom and moderation of the Corinthians were very instrumental in counteracting the unjust ...
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... resume at once their ancient connexion with Sparta . ( V. 48. ) In this conduct they persevered to the end of the Peloponnesian war , and were en- abled to afford effectual aid to the Spartans during their CORINTHIA . 15.
... resume at once their ancient connexion with Sparta . ( V. 48. ) In this conduct they persevered to the end of the Peloponnesian war , and were en- abled to afford effectual aid to the Spartans during their CORINTHIA . 15.
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... Peloponnesian war , under the command of Nicias , and defeated the Corinthian forces which marched to oppose them . Thucydides informs us , it was situated between two points of Rheitum land , named Rheitum and Chersonnesus , above it ...
... Peloponnesian war , under the command of Nicias , and defeated the Corinthian forces which marched to oppose them . Thucydides informs us , it was situated between two points of Rheitum land , named Rheitum and Chersonnesus , above it ...
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