Pausanias' Description of Greece, Volume 1G. Bell, 1900 |
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... land . " When Pausanias travelled through Greece , during the age of the Antonines , about 1690 years ago , he found every city teeming with life and refinement ; every Temple a Museum of Art ; and every spot hallowed by some tradi ...
... land . " When Pausanias travelled through Greece , during the age of the Antonines , about 1690 years ago , he found every city teeming with life and refinement ; every Temple a Museum of Art ; and every spot hallowed by some tradi ...
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... land force and ravaging it , and the fleet simultaneously hemming them in by sea . Now the Piræus was a township in ancient times , but was not a port until Themistocles ruled the Athenians ; but their port was Phalerum ( for here the ...
... land force and ravaging it , and the fleet simultaneously hemming them in by sea . Now the Piræus was a township in ancient times , but was not a port until Themistocles ruled the Athenians ; but their port was Phalerum ( for here the ...
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... land and sea by Antigonus and Demetrius . But Ptolemy , although in great straits , yet preserved his kingdom by stationing himself . with his army at Pelusium on the qui vive , and by keeping the enemy from the river with his fleet ...
... land and sea by Antigonus and Demetrius . But Ptolemy , although in great straits , yet preserved his kingdom by stationing himself . with his army at Pelusium on the qui vive , and by keeping the enemy from the river with his fleet ...
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... land as they think useless from the excessive cold and inferiority of the soil has been purposely overlooked by them , but the valuable parts they stick to . Now Lysi- machus at this period fought with the Odrysæ first of all his ...
... land as they think useless from the excessive cold and inferiority of the soil has been purposely overlooked by them , but the valuable parts they stick to . Now Lysi- machus at this period fought with the Odrysæ first of all his ...
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... land army : for in the case of Leonidas they said his followers were not sufficient to completely destroy the Persians , and as for the exploit of Demos- thenes and the Athenians at the island of Sphacteria , they said that was a fluke ...
... land army : for in the case of Leonidas they said his followers were not sufficient to completely destroy the Persians , and as for the exploit of Demos- thenes and the Athenians at the island of Sphacteria , they said that was a fluke ...
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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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