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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... taken into the " account . " " The narrow stem from which it ex- " pands , " says the same writer , " is called the Isth- " mus . At this point the Ægæan and Ionian seas , breaking in from opposite quarters north and east , " eat away ...
... taken into the " account . " " The narrow stem from which it ex- " pands , " says the same writer , " is called the Isth- " mus . At this point the Ægæan and Ionian seas , breaking in from opposite quarters north and east , " eat away ...
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... taken into the " account . " " The narrow stem from which it ex- pands , " says the same writer , " is called the Isth- 66 66 66 66 mus . At this point the Ægæan and Ionian seas , breaking in from opposite quarters north and east ...
... taken into the " account . " " The narrow stem from which it ex- pands , " says the same writer , " is called the Isth- 66 66 66 66 mus . At this point the Ægæan and Ionian seas , breaking in from opposite quarters north and east ...
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... - sued , after the 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.
... - sued , after the 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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... taken , together with that place , by the Lacedæmonians , but recovered by the Athenians under Iphicrates . ( Xen . Hell . IV . 4 , 13 , 19. IV . 6 , 19. ) Pliny ascribes it to Megaris , ( IV . 7. ) and Stephanus says it was a port ...
... taken , together with that place , by the Lacedæmonians , but recovered by the Athenians under Iphicrates . ( Xen . Hell . IV . 4 , 13 , 19. IV . 6 , 19. ) Pliny ascribes it to Megaris , ( IV . 7. ) and Stephanus says it was a port ...
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... taken on one occasion by Agesilaus . ( Hell . IV . 5 , 5. ) Near it was another fortress , also captured by Agesilaus in the same expedition , to- gether with a quantity of cattle kept there for the supply of the city ; it was named ...
... taken on one occasion by Agesilaus . ( Hell . IV . 5 , 5. ) Near it was another fortress , also captured by Agesilaus in the same expedition , to- gether with a quantity of cattle kept there for the supply of the city ; it was named ...
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