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... mountain ; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven , with darkness , clouds , and thick darkness . " The words could well be applied to Mount Etna on the eastern coast of Sicily . For Etna is , above all , a " mountain ...
... mountain ; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven , with darkness , clouds , and thick darkness . " The words could well be applied to Mount Etna on the eastern coast of Sicily . For Etna is , above all , a " mountain ...
Page 57
... mountain ! Oh that my heart bounded with the swell of the sea ! Oh that my soul were full of light as the stars ! Oh that it brooded over the world like air ! Even today , when one approaches these lonely slopes , whether from the ...
... mountain ! Oh that my heart bounded with the swell of the sea ! Oh that my soul were full of light as the stars ! Oh that it brooded over the world like air ! Even today , when one approaches these lonely slopes , whether from the ...
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... mountain country . Leonidas , aware that there was always a possibility of his being outflanked , had posted one thousand of his Phocian allies to guard the mountain . But , as Herodotus tells the story , " The ascent of the Persians ...
... mountain country . Leonidas , aware that there was always a possibility of his being outflanked , had posted one thousand of his Phocian allies to guard the mountain . But , as Herodotus tells the story , " The ascent of the Persians ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind