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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... seen from Pausanias and other authorities that they were Thessalians ; and Herodotus elsewhere allows that the Ægialees , who first occupied Achaia , were Pelasgi . ( VII . 94. Pau- san . Ach . 1. Strab . VIII . p . 383. ) Under the ...
... seen from Pausanias and other authorities that they were Thessalians ; and Herodotus elsewhere allows that the Ægialees , who first occupied Achaia , were Pelasgi . ( VII . 94. Pau- san . Ach . 1. Strab . VIII . p . 383. ) Under the ...
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... seen the finest paintings strewed on the ground , and the Ro- man soldiers using them as boards for dice or drafts . ( VIII . p . 381. ) Pausanias reports that all the men were put to the sword , the women and children sold , and the ...
... seen the finest paintings strewed on the ground , and the Ro- man soldiers using them as boards for dice or drafts . ( VIII . p . 381. ) Pausanias reports that all the men were put to the sword , the women and children sold , and the ...
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... seen a fountain , surmounted by a Neptune in brass , below which is a dolphin that ejects the water . Here are also statues of Apollo Clarius and Venus , two of Mercury , and three of Jupiter . ( Corinth . 2. ) In the centre of the ...
... seen a fountain , surmounted by a Neptune in brass , below which is a dolphin that ejects the water . Here are also statues of Apollo Clarius and Venus , two of Mercury , and three of Jupiter . ( Corinth . 2. ) In the centre of the ...
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... seen to the north the lofty 66 66 peaks of Helicon and Parnassus covered with " snow ; below , towards the west , extends the gulf " of Crissa , bounded on one side by the coast of " Phocis , Boeotia , and Megaris , on the other by the ...
... seen to the north the lofty 66 66 peaks of Helicon and Parnassus covered with " snow ; below , towards the west , extends the gulf " of Crissa , bounded on one side by the coast of " Phocis , Boeotia , and Megaris , on the other by the ...
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... lus portus . P Travels , t . II . ch . 45. Gell's Itiner . of the Morea , p . 207 . 4 Class . Tour , t . II . p . 196 . Gell's Itiner . of the Morea , p . 208 . ponnesus , as may be seen from Polybius V. 91 34 CORINTHIA .
... lus portus . P Travels , t . II . ch . 45. Gell's Itiner . of the Morea , p . 207 . 4 Class . Tour , t . II . p . 196 . Gell's Itiner . of the Morea , p . 208 . ponnesus , as may be seen from Polybius V. 91 34 CORINTHIA .
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