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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... territory . SECTION XVI . ACHAIA . 9 . History of the Achæans and the Achæan league - Bound- aries of Achaia including Sicyon and its territory - De- scription of that city and the other Achæan towns . SECTION XVII . ELIS . 38 . Origin ...
... territory . SECTION XVI . ACHAIA . 9 . History of the Achæans and the Achæan league - Bound- aries of Achaia including Sicyon and its territory - De- scription of that city and the other Achæan towns . SECTION XVII . ELIS . 38 . Origin ...
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... territory by the Dorians and Heraclidæ , Doridas and Hyanthidas , the last princes of this race , abdicated the crown in favour of Aletes , a descendant of Hercules , whose lineal successors re- mained in possession of the throne of ...
... territory by the Dorians and Heraclidæ , Doridas and Hyanthidas , the last princes of this race , abdicated the crown in favour of Aletes , a descendant of Hercules , whose lineal successors re- mained in possession of the throne of ...
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... territory . ( Thuc . I. 103-106 . Their animosity was also heightened by the al- liance of the Athenians with Corcyra , and their con- duct towards Potidæa , a Corinthian colony . At length their loud and reiterated complaints in the ...
... territory . ( Thuc . I. 103-106 . Their animosity was also heightened by the al- liance of the Athenians with Corcyra , and their con- duct towards Potidæa , a Corinthian colony . At length their loud and reiterated complaints in the ...
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... territory having become the scene of action , the aristocratical party were apparently led by the pressure of this evil to seek a reconciliation with that power . On the discovery of this design , the Boeotians , Argives , and Athenians ...
... territory having become the scene of action , the aristocratical party were apparently led by the pressure of this evil to seek a reconciliation with that power . On the discovery of this design , the Boeotians , Argives , and Athenians ...
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... territory with a large force , and on two occasions caused great loss to that state , by cutting off its supplies , and carrying off many prisoners and much cattle . ( Hell . IV . 5. ) Iphicrates , however , at the head of some light ...
... territory with a large force , and on two occasions caused great loss to that state , by cutting off its supplies , and carrying off many prisoners and much cattle . ( Hell . IV . 5. ) Iphicrates , however , at the head of some light ...
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