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... mountain Agdistis , where they say Atte was buried . And the people of Pergamum have spoils of the Galati , and there is a painting of their action with the Galati . And the region which the people of Pergamum inhabit was in old times ...
... mountain Agdistis , where they say Atte was buried . And the people of Pergamum have spoils of the Galati , and there is a painting of their action with the Galati . And the region which the people of Pergamum inhabit was in old times ...
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... mountain Sipylus : the rock and ravine at near view convey neither the idea of a woman , nor a woman mourning , but at a distance you may fancy to yourself that you see a woman all tears and with dejected mien . As you go from the ...
... mountain Sipylus : the rock and ravine at near view convey neither the idea of a woman , nor a woman mourning , but at a distance you may fancy to yourself that you see a woman all tears and with dejected mien . As you go from the ...
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... mountains of Attica are Pentelicns , famous for its stonequarries , and Parnes , which affords good hunting of wild boars and bears , and Hymettus , which is the best place for bees next to the territory of the Ala- zones . For among ...
... mountains of Attica are Pentelicns , famous for its stonequarries , and Parnes , which affords good hunting of wild boars and bears , and Hymettus , which is the best place for bees next to the territory of the Ala- zones . For among ...
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... mountain called Anchesmus ; and on it the statue of Anchesmian Zeus . Before I turn to the description of the islands , I will enter again into the history of the townships . The town- ship of Marathon is about equi - distant from ...
... mountain called Anchesmus ; and on it the statue of Anchesmian Zeus . Before I turn to the description of the islands , I will enter again into the history of the townships . The town- ship of Marathon is about equi - distant from ...
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... mountain of Pan , and a cave well worth seeing . The entrance to it is narrow , but when you get well in there are rooms and baths , and what is called Pan's herd of goats , rocks very like goats in shape . CHAPTER XXXIII . AND not far ...
... mountain of Pan , and a cave well worth seeing . The entrance to it is narrow , but when you get well in there are rooms and baths , and what is called Pan's herd of goats , rocks very like goats in shape . CHAPTER XXXIII . AND not far ...
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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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