Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... pass- ing by the delightful town of Tibur , † celebrated for its cascades , antiently bounded it on the North - east ; and the Liris , which rose near the Lake Fucinus , ‡ not very far from the Anio , and flowing in an opposite ...
... pass- ing by the delightful town of Tibur , † celebrated for its cascades , antiently bounded it on the North - east ; and the Liris , which rose near the Lake Fucinus , ‡ not very far from the Anio , and flowing in an opposite ...
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... pass into his province of Dacia . Its ruins still remain . It was 3325 English feet in length * . Below it is Ratiaria , the antient metropolis of * The longest bridge now existing in Europe is the Pont de Saint Esprit , built in the ...
... pass into his province of Dacia . Its ruins still remain . It was 3325 English feet in length * . Below it is Ratiaria , the antient metropolis of * The longest bridge now existing in Europe is the Pont de Saint Esprit , built in the ...
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... pass into La- conia ; and a little South of Sparta was Amycle , now Sclavo - corio , built by Amyclas . Castor and Pollux were born here , and Apollo was here worshipped with pecu- liar solemnities . Amycle was called Tacita * , or the ...
... pass into La- conia ; and a little South of Sparta was Amycle , now Sclavo - corio , built by Amyclas . Castor and Pollux were born here , and Apollo was here worshipped with pecu- liar solemnities . Amycle was called Tacita * , or the ...
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... pass between the Pelo- ponnese and the rest of Greece was called the Isthmus of Corinth , now Hexamili , from its being only six modern Greek , or perhaps not five British miles in breadth . Here the Isthmian games were celebrated in ...
... pass between the Pelo- ponnese and the rest of Greece was called the Isthmus of Corinth , now Hexamili , from its being only six modern Greek , or perhaps not five British miles in breadth . Here the Isthmian games were celebrated in ...
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... more than sixty feet ) high , and broad enough for Vetabo qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanæ , sub isdem Sit trabibus , fragilemque mecum Solvat phaselum . Hor . Od . III . 2 . two waggons to pass . This wall was built by 101.
... more than sixty feet ) high , and broad enough for Vetabo qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanæ , sub isdem Sit trabibus , fragilemque mecum Solvat phaselum . Hor . Od . III . 2 . two waggons to pass . This wall was built by 101.
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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.