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... afterwards tyrant in Sicily , went Philoxenus ; and to Antigonus , king of the Macedonians , went Antagoras of Rhodes and Aratus of Soli . On the other hand Hesiod and Homer either did not get the chance of living at kings ' courts BOOK ...
... afterwards tyrant in Sicily , went Philoxenus ; and to Antigonus , king of the Macedonians , went Antagoras of Rhodes and Aratus of Soli . On the other hand Hesiod and Homer either did not get the chance of living at kings ' courts BOOK ...
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... afterwards ejected by Erichthonius and his fellow conspirators . And they say that Erichthonius had no mortal father , but that his parents were Hephaestus and Mother Earth . Now CHAPTER III . OW the place Ceramicus gets its name from ...
... afterwards ejected by Erichthonius and his fellow conspirators . And they say that Erichthonius had no mortal father , but that his parents were Hephaestus and Mother Earth . Now CHAPTER III . OW the place Ceramicus gets its name from ...
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... afterwards gave himself and his fortune into the hands of Lysimachus , had a Paphlagonian eunuch called Philetarus . Now all the circumstances of Philetarus ' revolt from Lysimachus , and how he invited in Seleucus , shall be narrated ...
... afterwards gave himself and his fortune into the hands of Lysimachus , had a Paphlagonian eunuch called Philetarus . Now all the circumstances of Philetarus ' revolt from Lysimachus , and how he invited in Seleucus , shall be narrated ...
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... afterwards to the Athenians . And in the theatre , which they call Odeum , there are statues , in the entrance , of the Egyptian kings . Their names are all Ptolemy alike , but each has another distin- guishing name also . Thus they ...
... afterwards to the Athenians . And in the theatre , which they call Odeum , there are statues , in the entrance , of the Egyptian kings . Their names are all Ptolemy alike , but each has another distin- guishing name also . Thus they ...
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... afterwards ruled the Nestians and Macedonians also . But the greater part of Macedonia Pyrrhus kept for himself , coming with a force from Epirus and being useful to Lysi- machus at that time . But when Demetrius crossed over into Asia ...
... afterwards ruled the Nestians and Macedonians also . But the greater part of Macedonia Pyrrhus kept for himself , coming with a force from Epirus and being useful to Lysi- machus at that time . But when Demetrius crossed over into Asia ...
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Achæans Achilles Ægina afterwards altar ancient Antigonus Aphrodite Apollo Arcadians Argives Argolis Argos Aristodemus Aristomenes army Artemis Asopus Athene Athenians Attica battle boys brazen statue built buried called capture Castor and Pollux CHAPTER chariot Cleomenes Corinth Corinthians daughter death Delphi Demeter Demetrius descendants Dionysus Dorians Edited Elis erected Esculapius father fight fled fought goddess gods Greece Greeks Hera Hercules Hermes hero hero-chapel Homer honour horses Iliad Ilium inscription island Isthmian games Ithome killed king kingdom Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Macedonians Megarians Messene Messenians Nemea nians Olympia oracle pancratium Pausanias Peloponnese Pelops pentathlum pillar Poseidon priestess Ptolemy Pylos Pyrrhus Pythian race reign river sacrifice Sicyon Sicyonians sons Sparta stades statue of Zeus stone Temenus temple of Athene Thebans Thebes Theopompus Theseus tomb took town tradition Translated Trozen victor at Olympia victory vols votive offering won the prize wooden statue wrestling Zeus
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