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... refers the words to the accession of Claudius seems the most plausible . And with this view , which would place him between Velleius and Pe- tronius , his Latin style agrees well . He is perhaps to be identified with the rhetorician ...
... refers the words to the accession of Claudius seems the most plausible . And with this view , which would place him between Velleius and Pe- tronius , his Latin style agrees well . He is perhaps to be identified with the rhetorician ...
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... refers to Livy and Rusticus as eloquentissimi auctores when merely citing a statement of theirs . 2 See Mayor on Juvenal 111 9 , particularly pp 180 , 181 , where their effect in causing the whole of a book to be sacrificed to the parts ...
... refers to Livy and Rusticus as eloquentissimi auctores when merely citing a statement of theirs . 2 See Mayor on Juvenal 111 9 , particularly pp 180 , 181 , where their effect in causing the whole of a book to be sacrificed to the parts ...
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... refers to the Ganges . carpitur ] is spent , used up . Compare Virgil georg III 215 carpit enim vires paulatim , Aen IV 2 caeco carpitur igni , 32 solane perpetua maerens carpere iuventa . The word is used in military history of cutting ...
... refers to the Ganges . carpitur ] is spent , used up . Compare Virgil georg III 215 carpit enim vires paulatim , Aen IV 2 caeco carpitur igni , 32 solane perpetua maerens carpere iuventa . The word is used in military history of cutting ...
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... refer to the storms and rains of the SW Monsoon [ see Elphinstone introd p 5 , Meadows Taylor bk 1 c 1 ] is just what Zumpt and Mützell do not explain , though they refer it to that season . Nor will the NE Monsoon , blowing in October ...
... refer to the storms and rains of the SW Monsoon [ see Elphinstone introd p 5 , Meadows Taylor bk 1 c 1 ] is just what Zumpt and Mützell do not explain , though they refer it to that season . Nor will the NE Monsoon , blowing in October ...
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... refers to Theophrastus de lapidibus § 36 which runs Tŵv σTоvdajoμévwv δὲ λίθων ἐστὶ καὶ ὁ μαργαρίτης καλούμενος , διαφανὴς μὲν τῇ φύσει , ποιοῦσι δ ̓ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοὺς πολυτελεῖς ὅρμους . γίνεται δὲ ἐν ὀστρείῳ τινὶ παρα- πλησίῳ ταῖς πίνναις ...
... refers to Theophrastus de lapidibus § 36 which runs Tŵv σTоvdajoμévwv δὲ λίθων ἐστὶ καὶ ὁ μαργαρίτης καλούμενος , διαφανὴς μὲν τῇ φύσει , ποιοῦσι δ ̓ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τοὺς πολυτελεῖς ὅρμους . γίνεται δὲ ἐν ὀστρείῳ τινὶ παρα- πλησίῳ ταῖς πίνναις ...
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Alexander in India: A Portion of the History Quintus Curtius W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2019 |
Alexander in Indi: A Portion of the History of Quintus Curtius (1879) W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2008 |
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