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... flows near Pharm , the same river I think which flows by the ruins of Olenus , and is called Pirus by the men who live near the sea . Near the river is a grove of plane - trees , most of them hollow from old age , and of such a size ...
... flows near Pharm , the same river I think which flows by the ruins of Olenus , and is called Pirus by the men who live near the sea . Near the river is a grove of plane - trees , most of them hollow from old age , and of such a size ...
Page 48
... flows into the sea . The local account is that Selemnus was a handsome youth who fed his flocks here , and they say the sea - nymph Argyra was enamoured of him , and used to come up from the sea and sleep with him . But in a short time ...
... flows into the sea . The local account is that Selemnus was a handsome youth who fed his flocks here , and they say the sea - nymph Argyra was enamoured of him , and used to come up from the sea and sleep with him . But in a short time ...
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... flow into the sea . And a portico near the town was built for the athlete Strato , ( who con- quered at Olympia on the same day in the pancratium and in the wrestling ) , to practise in . And at Egium they have an ancient temple of ...
... flow into the sea . And a portico near the town was built for the athlete Strato , ( who con- quered at Olympia on the same day in the pancratium and in the wrestling ) , to practise in . And at Egium they have an ancient temple of ...
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... flows through the district of those Achæans , who came from Argolis and dwelt there through the following mischance . The fort of Mycenae could not be captured by the Argives owing to its strength , ( for it had been built by the ...
... flows through the district of those Achæans , who came from Argolis and dwelt there through the following mischance . The fort of Mycenae could not be captured by the Argives owing to its strength , ( for it had been built by the ...
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... flows thro Achæans , who came from Argolis the following mischance . The f be captured by the Argives ow it had been built by the Cyclo also ) , but the people of Mycen their city because their supplie went to Cleone , but more + ...
... flows thro Achæans , who came from Argolis the following mischance . The f be captured by the Argives ow it had been built by the Cyclo also ) , but the people of Mycen their city because their supplie went to Cleone , but more + ...
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