Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... confines of Latium , was Venafrum , or Venafro , celebrated for its olives || and oil . The celebrated vine- yards ¶ of Falernum were about Cales near Teanum ; the Illi Misenum in littore sicco , Ut venere , vident indigna morte ...
... confines of Latium , was Venafrum , or Venafro , celebrated for its olives || and oil . The celebrated vine- yards ¶ of Falernum were about Cales near Teanum ; the Illi Misenum in littore sicco , Ut venere , vident indigna morte ...
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... confines of the Nervii to the Rhine . Above them were the Toxandri and Menapii ; and still North , the Batavi , who possessed an island between the right branch of the Rhine and the Vahalis , or Waal , its left branch . The principal ...
... confines of the Nervii to the Rhine . Above them were the Toxandri and Menapii ; and still North , the Batavi , who possessed an island between the right branch of the Rhine and the Vahalis , or Waal , its left branch . The principal ...
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... confines of Arcadia , was Cenchreæ , mentioned by Eschylus in his Prometheus Vinctus , V. 577 . Below Argolis was Laconia , whose capital was Sparta , or Lacedæmon , now Palæo - Castro , on the river Euro- tas ; near which is the more ...
... confines of Arcadia , was Cenchreæ , mentioned by Eschylus in his Prometheus Vinctus , V. 577 . Below Argolis was Laconia , whose capital was Sparta , or Lacedæmon , now Palæo - Castro , on the river Euro- tas ; near which is the more ...
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... confines of Elis , is the river Cyparis- sus , having at its mouth the city of Cyparissa , giving name to the adjacent Sinus Cyparissius ; and inland the fortress of Ira , the last which held out against the Lace- dæmonians , who ...
... confines of Elis , is the river Cyparis- sus , having at its mouth the city of Cyparissa , giving name to the adjacent Sinus Cyparissius ; and inland the fortress of Ira , the last which held out against the Lace- dæmonians , who ...
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... confines of Achaia , Cynethæ , whose inhabi- tants were remarkable for the barbarous rusticity of their manners , so as to be despised , or almost excluded from associating with the other Greeks , who attributed their ferocity to a ...
... confines of Achaia , Cynethæ , whose inhabi- tants were remarkable for the barbarous rusticity of their manners , so as to be despised , or almost excluded from associating with the other Greeks , who attributed their ferocity to a ...
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Seite 163 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 49 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda.
Seite 197 - Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Seite 196 - Desert, was a small and beautiful spot, or Oasis, as it is called, refreshed by streams and shade, and luxuriant with verdure, in which was the celebrated temple of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him in the form of a ram, and showed him a fountain, when himself and his army were perishing with thirst.
Seite 49 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.