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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... death of the latter , between his ge- nerals , Corinth was surprised and taken , together with its port and citadel , by Demetrius Poliorcetes ; and from that time it continued in the possession of the C 2 CORINTHIA . 19.
... death of the latter , between his ge- nerals , Corinth was surprised and taken , together with its port and citadel , by Demetrius Poliorcetes ; and from that time it continued in the possession of the C 2 CORINTHIA . 19.
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... port of Corinth which was situated on the Corinthiacus sinus , being distant from the city about twelve sta- dia , and connected with it by means of two long walls . ( VIII . p . 380. Cf. Xen . Hell . IV . 5 , 11. Diod . Sic . XIV . 444 ...
... port of Corinth which was situated on the Corinthiacus sinus , being distant from the city about twelve sta- dia , and connected with it by means of two long walls . ( VIII . p . 380. Cf. Xen . Hell . IV . 5 , 11. Diod . Sic . XIV . 444 ...
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... port " are yet visible at a place where the sea runs up a " channel into the fields . Near it are the remains " of a modern Venetian forts . " Craneius . Cenchreæ , which stood on the Saronic gulf , was Cenchreæ . the harbour from ...
... port " are yet visible at a place where the sea runs up a " channel into the fields . Near it are the remains " of a modern Venetian forts . " Craneius . Cenchreæ , which stood on the Saronic gulf , was Cenchreæ . the harbour from ...
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... port . The quay is constructed of several blocks of granite ; and there is also a tower formed of an- cient blocks ' . Ancient writers do not agree precisely in their estimation of the breadth of the Isthmus ; Strabo reckons it at forty ...
... port . The quay is constructed of several blocks of granite ; and there is also a tower formed of an- cient blocks ' . Ancient writers do not agree precisely in their estimation of the breadth of the Isthmus ; Strabo reckons it at forty ...
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... port or bay of Schænus , along a na- tural hollow , at the foot of a line of fortifications , There are also several pits , probably sunk to ascer- tain the nature of the soil , through which the canal was to be carried . The ground ...
... port or bay of Schænus , along a na- tural hollow , at the foot of a line of fortifications , There are also several pits , probably sunk to ascer- tain the nature of the soil , through which the canal was to be carried . The ground ...
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