Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , is the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now Naples . Neapolis was antiently called Parthenope , from the name of one of the Sirens , said to have lived there ...
... inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , is the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now Naples . Neapolis was antiently called Parthenope , from the name of one of the Sirens , said to have lived there ...
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... inhabitants of Latium . was also called Trinacria , from having rpets axpaι three celebrated promontories ( the island itself being of a tri- angular shape ) ; Pelorum at the East , adjacent to Italy , Pachynum at the South , and ...
... inhabitants of Latium . was also called Trinacria , from having rpets axpaι three celebrated promontories ( the island itself being of a tri- angular shape ) ; Pelorum at the East , adjacent to Italy , Pachynum at the South , and ...
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... inhabitants of Surry , Sussex , and part of Hampshire , whose principal city , Neomagus , or Novio- magus , is placed at Woodcote , near Croydon , in Surrey ; Regnum was Chichester . III . Nearly West of the Regni were the Belga , or ...
... inhabitants of Surry , Sussex , and part of Hampshire , whose principal city , Neomagus , or Novio- magus , is placed at Woodcote , near Croydon , in Surrey ; Regnum was Chichester . III . Nearly West of the Regni were the Belga , or ...
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... inhabitants of Scotland were very little known to the Romans ; and it may suffice to mention the Otadeni , who were seated in the counties of Northumberland , Merse , and the Lothians ; the Gadeni , West of the Ota- * Hence the present ...
... inhabitants of Scotland were very little known to the Romans ; and it may suffice to mention the Otadeni , who were seated in the counties of Northumberland , Merse , and the Lothians ; the Gadeni , West of the Ota- * Hence the present ...
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... inhabitants burnt themselves and their effects that they might not fall into his hands . It was afterwards re - built , and some remains of it are still to be seen , under the name of Murviedro , a corruption of Muri Veteres . North ...
... inhabitants burnt themselves and their effects that they might not fall into his hands . It was afterwards re - built , and some remains of it are still to be seen , under the name of Murviedro , a corruption of Muri Veteres . North ...
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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.