Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... preserves its old name in Boeo ; but the city Lilyboum is now called Marsala . North of Lilybœum is Dre- panum , now Trapani , and Mount Eryx , celebrated for its temple of Venus , hence called Erycina§ . On the North side of Mount Eryx ...
... preserves its old name in Boeo ; but the city Lilyboum is now called Marsala . North of Lilybœum is Dre- panum , now Trapani , and Mount Eryx , celebrated for its temple of Venus , hence called Erycina§ . On the North side of Mount Eryx ...
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... preserves its name , and Mylæ , now Milazzo , between which place and a station called Naulochus , the fleet of Sextus Pompeius was defeated by that of the Triumvir Octavius , B.C. 36 , A.U.C. 718. In the interior of the country , and ...
... preserves its name , and Mylæ , now Milazzo , between which place and a station called Naulochus , the fleet of Sextus Pompeius was defeated by that of the Triumvir Octavius , B.C. 36 , A.U.C. 718. In the interior of the country , and ...
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... preserves the name of Vennes . Above them were the Corisopiti and the Osismii , whose capital , Vorganium , is corrupted into Karhez . Among the Osismii were also the Brivatus Portus , Brest , Uxantis Insula , Ushant ; and below it Sena ...
... preserves the name of Vennes . Above them were the Corisopiti and the Osismii , whose capital , Vorganium , is corrupted into Karhez . Among the Osismii were also the Brivatus Portus , Brest , Uxantis Insula , Ushant ; and below it Sena ...
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... preserves its name in Leyden . No- viomagus also is easily recognised in Nimeguen . Germania Prima , Superior , or Upper , so called as be- ing more inland , lay along the Western bank of the Rhine , and contained three Germanic nations ...
... preserves its name in Leyden . No- viomagus also is easily recognised in Nimeguen . Germania Prima , Superior , or Upper , so called as be- ing more inland , lay along the Western bank of the Rhine , and contained three Germanic nations ...
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... preserves its name still in the city of Cherson , ) so called from the Tauri , a Scythian nation , who conquered it from its antient possessors , the Cimmerii . This was the scene of the Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripi- des . The narrow ...
... preserves its name still in the city of Cherson , ) so called from the Tauri , a Scythian nation , who conquered it from its antient possessors , the Cimmerii . This was the scene of the Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripi- des . The narrow ...
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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.