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Age of Speusippus , Protogenes , Aristotle , Æschines , Demosthenes , Phocion ,
& c . 416 338 Philip defeats the Athenians and their allies in the fatal battle of
Chæronea . | 418 336 Philip killed by Pausanias . 419 | 335 Alexander destroys ...
Age of Speusippus , Protogenes , Aristotle , Æschines , Demosthenes , Phocion ,
& c . 416 338 Philip defeats the Athenians and their allies in the fatal battle of
Chæronea . | 418 336 Philip killed by Pausanias . 419 | 335 Alexander destroys ...
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427 327 Alexander ' s expedition against Porus . Age of Apelles , Hyperides ,
Lysippus , & c . cxiv . 2 . 431 323 Alexander dies May 21 . King* dom of Egypt
founded by Ptolemy . 433 321 Romans defeated by the Samnites at Caudium . 1 .
427 327 Alexander ' s expedition against Porus . Age of Apelles , Hyperides ,
Lysippus , & c . cxiv . 2 . 431 323 Alexander dies May 21 . King* dom of Egypt
founded by Ptolemy . 433 321 Romans defeated by the Samnites at Caudium . 1 .
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... Thessalians were proverbially thought to excel . Near the mouth of the
Sperchius is another Anticyra , equally famous for its hellebore , and above it
Lamia , where Antipater was besieged by the Athenians after the death of
Alexander , B . C ...
... Thessalians were proverbially thought to excel . Near the mouth of the
Sperchius is another Anticyra , equally famous for its hellebore , and above it
Lamia , where Antipater was besieged by the Athenians after the death of
Alexander , B . C ...
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A little West of it is the river Granicus , the famous scene of the first great battle
between Alexander and the armies of Darius , May 22 , B . C . 334 , Ol . 111 , 3 ,
where 30 , 000 Macedonians are said to have defeated 600 , 000 Persians ; it is ...
A little West of it is the river Granicus , the famous scene of the first great battle
between Alexander and the armies of Darius , May 22 , B . C . 334 , Ol . 111 , 3 ,
where 30 , 000 Macedonians are said to have defeated 600 , 000 Persians ; it is ...
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Seleucus was one of the most powerful of Alexander ' s generals , who obtained
Syria for his share in the dismemberment of the Macedonian empire , and the
kings of Syria , his descendants , were called Seleucidæ . We learn from the Acts
of ...
Seleucus was one of the most powerful of Alexander ' s generals , who obtained
Syria for his share in the dismemberment of the Macedonian empire , and the
kings of Syria , his descendants , were called Seleucidæ . We learn from the Acts
of ...
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Page 214 - 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...
Page 246 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Page 46 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Page 103 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Page 103 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Page 248 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.
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| Title | A sketch of modern and antient geography |
| Author | Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) |
| Edition | 4 |
| Published | 1818 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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