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... modern town of Mis- tra is at the foot of Taygetus on the right , above the two cypresses . The distance from Sparta to Mistra , across the plain , is about two miles . 31 45 55 65 90 96 105 GREECE . PART I. CONTENTS OF PART I. - ...
... modern town of Mis- tra is at the foot of Taygetus on the right , above the two cypresses . The distance from Sparta to Mistra , across the plain , is about two miles . 31 45 55 65 90 96 105 GREECE . PART I. CONTENTS OF PART I. - ...
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... Plains of Thessaly at Noon - Death of a Traveller The Inhabitants of ancient Thessaly pre - eminent in Arts and Sciences- Contrasted with the present abject Natives - Thermopyla and Leonidas- Ascent of Mount Eta - Night Scene of a Greek ...
... Plains of Thessaly at Noon - Death of a Traveller The Inhabitants of ancient Thessaly pre - eminent in Arts and Sciences- Contrasted with the present abject Natives - Thermopyla and Leonidas- Ascent of Mount Eta - Night Scene of a Greek ...
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... plain ; its breast receives The broad effulgence , and reflects it back E'en to the cope of Heav'n , which glows above , Vaulted with fire ; dreary and sad the view Expands around , an arid waste , a sea Of sand , which to th ...
... plain ; its breast receives The broad effulgence , and reflects it back E'en to the cope of Heav'n , which glows above , Vaulted with fire ; dreary and sad the view Expands around , an arid waste , a sea Of sand , which to th ...
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... plains , Length'ning and length'ning on thy dazzled sight , Stretch their impatient gaze ; pale fever shakes Thy throbbing temples , and thy parched lip 455 460 Quivers with all the anguish of disease . Whilst yet 22 GREECE .
... plains , Length'ning and length'ning on thy dazzled sight , Stretch their impatient gaze ; pale fever shakes Thy throbbing temples , and thy parched lip 455 460 Quivers with all the anguish of disease . Whilst yet 22 GREECE .
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... plains ; their subtle tenants first Moulded the lyre's rude form , and from its strings Drew forth to list'ning crowds the solemn notes Of harmony ; they first , with daring hand , Rein'd the proud steed , and taught him to obey The ...
... plains ; their subtle tenants first Moulded the lyre's rude form , and from its strings Drew forth to list'ning crowds the solemn notes Of harmony ; they first , with daring hand , Rein'd the proud steed , and taught him to obey The ...
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Acropolis Æschylus Alpheus amidst ancient Greek Apoll appearance Athenæus Athenian Athens battle beautiful beneath breast Breathing brow called cave Cephissus columns Corinth dance dark deep Delphi descended distance Doric Eschyl Eurip Euripides Eurotas ev'ry flow'ry gloom Grecian Greece hand Herod hill Homer Hymettus Ioannina Journal Lucian marble miles modern Greek mountains mournful Mycenae o'er Olympus Parnassus Pasha pass Paus Pausanias Peneus Pindus Piræus plain Pnyx poets pow'r rais'd Rhod river rock rocky Romaic round rugged ruin'd ruins sacred says scenes shade shores side situated song spear stone Strabo stream summit temple Theatre thee Theseus Thessaly thou thro Thucyd Thucydides Tiryns tomb tow'rs town trees tripod Turkish Turks vale vale of Tempe viii walls warriors wave whilst wild wood Xenoph Xenophon Γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι ες και μὲ μεν τε τὴν τῶν
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