Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... 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 Gulf of Genoa . North - west of ...
... 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 Gulf of Genoa . North - west of ...
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... shore of the Adriatic , near the Rubicon , is Ariminum , now Rimini ; below is * Est operæ pretium Lunæ cognoscere portum . + Vides ut alta stet nive candidum Soracte Ennius . Hor . Od . I. 9 . Pisaurum , or Pesaro , Sena Gallica , now ...
... shore of the Adriatic , near the Rubicon , is Ariminum , now Rimini ; below is * Est operæ pretium Lunæ cognoscere portum . + Vides ut alta stet nive candidum Soracte Ennius . Hor . Od . I. 9 . Pisaurum , or Pesaro , Sena Gallica , now ...
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... shore has bent to the East , is the promontory of Lacinium * , now called Capo della Colonna , from a column of a celebrated temple of Juno Lacinia still remaining . A little North is Croto , or Crotona , the birth place of the famous ...
... shore has bent to the East , is the promontory of Lacinium * , now called Capo della Colonna , from a column of a celebrated temple of Juno Lacinia still remaining . A little North is Croto , or Crotona , the birth place of the famous ...
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... shore , was Charybdis , and above it on the Italian shore , Scylla * , the two well known objects of terror 50 CHAPTER III. ...
... shore , was Charybdis , and above it on the Italian shore , Scylla * , the two well known objects of terror 50 CHAPTER III. ...
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... shore , and its Southern extremity formed one side of the little port . The South - western side of the city lying towards the Anapus , and separated from it by some marshy ground , was called Neapolis , built after the Athenian ...
... shore , and its Southern extremity formed one side of the little port . The South - western side of the city lying towards the Anapus , and separated from it by some marshy ground , was called Neapolis , built after the Athenian ...
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Ægean Ægyptus afterwards Alexander Alpes antiently called Apollo Arabia Armenia Asia Minor Athenians Athens Augustus battle birth-place Bithynia Boeotia bounded built Cæsar Cæsarea Campania capital Cappadocia Caria celebrated Cilicia coast colony Cyrus Dacia Danube death defeated district East Eastern Eastward Egypt Emperor empire Epirus Epist Euboea Euphrates Euxine extremity flows Gallia Cisalpina gave name Grecian Greece Greeks Gulf Hannibal hence called Homer Horace Imaus inhabitants Insula Isauria island Italy Judæa killed king Lacedæmonians Lacus lake Latium Locri Lydia Macedonia Mare memorable Mons Mosia Mount mountains mouth Mysia nation Nile North North-east North-west Northern Numidia Olympiad opposite Palus Paphlagonia Persian Phocis Phrygia Pisidia PLATE Pompey Pontus Portus principal city promontory province Punic river Roman Rome sacred scene Scythia Secunda Severus shore side Sinus Corinthiacus South South-east South-west Southern Syria Syrtis Syrtis Minor temple Thessaly town tribes Vindelicia Virg Virgil West Western
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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.