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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... hill . ( IV . 42. ) From his descrip- tion , I should be inclined to identify the site of Solygius Solygia with that of Mertese , a village where Mr. Dodwell observed many remains of antiquity , and , among others , several tombs ...
... hill . ( IV . 42. ) From his descrip- tion , I should be inclined to identify the site of Solygius Solygia with that of Mertese , a village where Mr. Dodwell observed many remains of antiquity , and , among others , several tombs ...
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... hill dedicated to Ceres , and distant about 12 or 20 stadia from the sea . ( VIII . p . 382. Pausan . Corinth . 7. ) The change which was thus effected in the situa- tion of this city does not appear to have produced any alteration in ...
... hill dedicated to Ceres , and distant about 12 or 20 stadia from the sea . ( VIII . p . 382. Pausan . Corinth . 7. ) The change which was thus effected in the situa- tion of this city does not appear to have produced any alteration in ...
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... hill , was said to have been founded by Titan brother of the Sun , and con- tained a temple of Æsculapius adorned with several statues of great antiquity , and also a temple of Mi- nerva . ( Pausan . Corinth . 11. ) Below the summit of ...
... hill , was said to have been founded by Titan brother of the Sun , and con- tained a temple of Æsculapius adorned with several statues of great antiquity , and also a temple of Mi- nerva . ( Pausan . Corinth . 11. ) Below the summit of ...
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... hill is a temple ; and below this on a " knoll a church with blocks : the ground has been " much disturbed by earthquakes " . " Deras . Geras or Deras is mentioned by Xenophon as a Geras vel Sicyonian fortress , taken by some Sicilian ...
... hill is a temple ; and below this on a " knoll a church with blocks : the ground has been " much disturbed by earthquakes " . " Deras . Geras or Deras is mentioned by Xenophon as a Geras vel Sicyonian fortress , taken by some Sicilian ...
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... . ) Accord- ing to sir W. Gell , its ruins are to be seen on a woody hill above the spot now called Bloubouki . To the left are the ruins of the port , choaked with sand . The black posts upon the two piers have occasioned the 58 ACHAIA .
... . ) Accord- ing to sir W. Gell , its ruins are to be seen on a woody hill above the spot now called Bloubouki . To the left are the ruins of the port , choaked with sand . The black posts upon the two piers have occasioned the 58 ACHAIA .
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