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... syria . 685 Second Messenian war ; continues four- teen years to the taking of Ira after a seige of eleven years . Age of Tyrtæus and Archilochus . 684 Annual Archons established at Athens . 659 Cypselus usurps the government of Co ...
... syria . 685 Second Messenian war ; continues four- teen years to the taking of Ira after a seige of eleven years . Age of Tyrtæus and Archilochus . 684 Annual Archons established at Athens . 659 Cypselus usurps the government of Co ...
Page ix
... Syria , and Greece . 619 135 The history of the Apocrypha ends . 621 133 Numantia taken . Pergamus annexed to the Roman empire . Tiberius Gracchus killed . 633 643 652 653 657 663 665 666 672 676 679 681 683 685 688 689 691 694 696 699 ...
... Syria , and Greece . 619 135 The history of the Apocrypha ends . 621 133 Numantia taken . Pergamus annexed to the Roman empire . Tiberius Gracchus killed . 633 643 652 653 657 663 665 666 672 676 679 681 683 685 688 689 691 694 696 699 ...
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... Syria , was the cause of the subjuga- tion of Greece . On the river Evenus , now the Federi , a little above the Sinus Corinthiacus t , West of the straits of Rhium , was Calydon , the country of Meleager , and the scene of the Calydon ...
... Syria , was the cause of the subjuga- tion of Greece . On the river Evenus , now the Federi , a little above the Sinus Corinthiacus t , West of the straits of Rhium , was Calydon , the country of Meleager , and the scene of the Calydon ...
Page 144
... which the Romans considerably enlarged in favour of Eumenes , af- ter they had defeated Antiochus , king of Syria , and Auro turbidus Hermus . Virg . Georg , II . 137 . which was left to the Roman people by Attalus , 144.
... which the Romans considerably enlarged in favour of Eumenes , af- ter they had defeated Antiochus , king of Syria , and Auro turbidus Hermus . Virg . Georg , II . 137 . which was left to the Roman people by Attalus , 144.
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... Syria , A.U.C. 564. B.C. 190. This Magnesia is called Magnesia Sipyli , or Magnesia at the foot of Mount Sipylus , to distinguish it from the other Magne- sia ad Mæandrum , now Guzel Hissar . Mount Sipylus was the residence of Niobe ...
... Syria , A.U.C. 564. B.C. 190. This Magnesia is called Magnesia Sipyli , or Magnesia at the foot of Mount Sipylus , to distinguish it from the other Magne- sia ad Mæandrum , now Guzel Hissar . Mount Sipylus was the residence of Niobe ...
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Page 163 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
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