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... tomb and sarcophagus , and re- mains of language , -no where else occur in combination so close , and within such narrow limits , analogies so diverse and of date so ancient , to the mythology and man- ners of other countries . Lycia ...
... tomb and sarcophagus , and re- mains of language , -no where else occur in combination so close , and within such narrow limits , analogies so diverse and of date so ancient , to the mythology and man- ners of other countries . Lycia ...
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... tombs , and public monuments , witness how wide and permanent was its diffusion , and vindicate the terms by which Herodotus indicates the distinctly non - Hellenic character and man- ners , of the Lycians of his own time . We have thus ...
... tombs , and public monuments , witness how wide and permanent was its diffusion , and vindicate the terms by which Herodotus indicates the distinctly non - Hellenic character and man- ners , of the Lycians of his own time . We have thus ...
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... tomb as well as temple , appears not more from the resemblance of its model to other tombs of Asia Minor , especially the celebrated Mausoleum of Arte- misia , than from the subjects of the small friezes of the cornice and cella , which ...
... tomb as well as temple , appears not more from the resemblance of its model to other tombs of Asia Minor , especially the celebrated Mausoleum of Arte- misia , than from the subjects of the small friezes of the cornice and cella , which ...
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... Tomb , * — the representation , here historically , as in the former instance , by a mythus ( of the Harpies ) of the work of Death , accompanied by an expression of faith in the indestructible , reproductive power of life ; " The earth ...
... Tomb , * — the representation , here historically , as in the former instance , by a mythus ( of the Harpies ) of the work of Death , accompanied by an expression of faith in the indestructible , reproductive power of life ; " The earth ...
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... tomb of the satrap Payara , the absence of any notice of satraps in Lycia might accredit the assertion of Isocrates , that none of the Persians ever was master of Lycia . + The Lycians must be included among the allies whose vessels ...
... tomb of the satrap Payara , the absence of any notice of satraps in Lycia might accredit the assertion of Isocrates , that none of the Persians ever was master of Lycia . + The Lycians must be included among the allies whose vessels ...
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