Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... river Varus , or Var , to the shores of the Adriatic , and was also called Gallia togata , from their use of the Roman toga . It contained Liguria , on the coast at the bend or knee of the boot , where is Genua , now the teritory and ...
... river Varus , or Var , to the shores of the Adriatic , and was also called Gallia togata , from their use of the Roman toga . It contained Liguria , on the coast at the bend or knee of the boot , where is Genua , now the teritory and ...
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... river Mincius , now Mincio , the birth - place of Virgil , both which still retain their antient names . Between them is Bedriacum , now Civi- dala , where Otho was defeated by the generals of Vitel- lius , A.D. 69. North - west of ...
... river Mincius , now Mincio , the birth - place of Virgil , both which still retain their antient names . Between them is Bedriacum , now Civi- dala , where Otho was defeated by the generals of Vitel- lius , A.D. 69. North - west of ...
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... Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West to East , through the middle of the country , till it falls into the Adriatic near Hadria ; the Ticinus ...
... Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West to East , through the middle of the country , till it falls into the Adriatic near Hadria ; the Ticinus ...
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... river Anio , now the Teverone . On the south of the Tiber and Anio was Latium ; and on the South * Hence Horace , addressing Mæcenas , who was descended from the antient Kings of Tuscany : — Non quia , Mæcenas , Lydorum quidquid ...
... river Anio , now the Teverone . On the south of the Tiber and Anio was Latium ; and on the South * Hence Horace , addressing Mæcenas , who was descended from the antient Kings of Tuscany : — Non quia , Mæcenas , Lydorum quidquid ...
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... river Liris separated Latium from Campania , at the back of which was Samnium and the Hirpini . The principal cities in Etruria were Pisa , near the coast , now Pisa ; above it Luca , now Lucca ; and North- west , on the coast , Luna ...
... river Liris separated Latium from Campania , at the back of which was Samnium and the Hirpini . The principal cities in Etruria were Pisa , near the coast , now Pisa ; above it Luca , now Lucca ; and North- west , on the coast , Luna ...
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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.