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Page 20
... hence is described as grassy " and " abounding in wheat " ( Od . xvi . 396 ) : the Taphians occupied a small group of islands between Leucas and Acarnarnia . Lastly , Corcyra is perhaps referred to under the name Scheria , the residence ...
... hence is described as grassy " and " abounding in wheat " ( Od . xvi . 396 ) : the Taphians occupied a small group of islands between Leucas and Acarnarnia . Lastly , Corcyra is perhaps referred to under the name Scheria , the residence ...
Page 49
... hence he unfortunately omits much that would have added to the intrinsic value of his work , as the exact division of the earth into climates , and the statement of the latitude and longitude of places ; he is also deficient in his ...
... hence he unfortunately omits much that would have added to the intrinsic value of his work , as the exact division of the earth into climates , and the statement of the latitude and longitude of places ; he is also deficient in his ...
Page 66
... hence it was inferred that the lands beyond these abodes were not subject to the influence of the winds , and that thus beyond the abode of Boreas , which was supposed to be in one of the northern mountain - ranges , there might be a ...
... hence it was inferred that the lands beyond these abodes were not subject to the influence of the winds , and that thus beyond the abode of Boreas , which was supposed to be in one of the northern mountain - ranges , there might be a ...
Page 79
... Hence was derived frank- incense , ladanum ( the gum of the Cistus ladaniferus ) , myrrh , gum storax , balm , and ( according to Herodotus , iii . 110 , 111 ) cassia and cinnamon , though these were more properly the productions of ...
... Hence was derived frank- incense , ladanum ( the gum of the Cistus ladaniferus ) , myrrh , gum storax , balm , and ( according to Herodotus , iii . 110 , 111 ) cassia and cinnamon , though these were more properly the productions of ...
Page 80
... hence termed the Bactrian Trivium , one perhaps leading to the Indus , another to Persia , and the third to Bactriana . ( 3. ) To Europe , by the course of the Oxus to the Caspian Sea , which was crossed to the mouth of the Araxes on ...
... hence termed the Bactrian Trivium , one perhaps leading to the Indus , another to Persia , and the third to Bactriana . ( 3. ) To Europe , by the course of the Oxus to the Caspian Sea , which was crossed to the mouth of the Araxes on ...
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