The Geography of Herodotus ...: Illustrated from Modern Researches and DiscoveriesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 - 607 pages |
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... side of the Persians ; and the little kingdom continued faithful to her and her family , even whilst Cimon the Athe- nian was frightening the whole Asiatic coast by his exploits . Herodotus no doubt belonged to a family of some ...
... side of the Persians ; and the little kingdom continued faithful to her and her family , even whilst Cimon the Athe- nian was frightening the whole Asiatic coast by his exploits . Herodotus no doubt belonged to a family of some ...
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... side of the holy recess Names and descriptions of the several parts The sacred enclosure , or ieron The avenue , or dromos The entrance , or propylaea , consisting of a gateway , or pylon , be- ..tween two oblong flat - topped pyramids ...
... side of the holy recess Names and descriptions of the several parts The sacred enclosure , or ieron The avenue , or dromos The entrance , or propylaea , consisting of a gateway , or pylon , be- ..tween two oblong flat - topped pyramids ...
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... side of their heads , and daubed themselves red 2. Zaveces , whose women drove the war chariots 554 ib ib 555 ib ib ib 3. Gyzantes , who subsisted on honey and monkeys Island of Cyraunis , now called Karkenah and Gherba ib 556 Lake from ...
... side of their heads , and daubed themselves red 2. Zaveces , whose women drove the war chariots 554 ib ib 555 ib ib ib 3. Gyzantes , who subsisted on honey and monkeys Island of Cyraunis , now called Karkenah and Gherba ib 556 Lake from ...
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... side of the Arabian Gulf supplied a natural cause for this appel- lation , throwing out their red colour far into the sea ; and the Persians to this day retain the anti- thesis by calling the Mediterranean the White Sea . There may also ...
... side of the Arabian Gulf supplied a natural cause for this appel- lation , throwing out their red colour far into the sea ; and the Persians to this day retain the anti- thesis by calling the Mediterranean the White Sea . There may also ...
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... side , until at length it loses itself among the ramifi- should doubtless have had some peculiarly interesting account of the ancient inhabitants of our island . 1 iii . 115 . 2 For further account with references , see Europe , chap ...
... side , until at length it loses itself among the ramifi- should doubtless have had some peculiarly interesting account of the ancient inhabitants of our island . 1 iii . 115 . 2 For further account with references , see Europe , chap ...
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