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... killed in one day . 465 Third Messenian war ; conti- nues 10 years . lxxxi . 3. 300 454 The Romans send to Athens for Solon's laws . Age of lxxxiii . 1. 306 Sophocles , Pericles , Žaleu- cus , Nehemiah the Prophet , & c . 448 The first ...
... killed in one day . 465 Third Messenian war ; conti- nues 10 years . lxxxi . 3. 300 454 The Romans send to Athens for Solon's laws . Age of lxxxiii . 1. 306 Sophocles , Pericles , Žaleu- cus , Nehemiah the Prophet , & c . 448 The first ...
Page ix
... killed at Cunaxa .. Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks . Expulsion of the thirty tyrants from Athens by Thrasybulus . 400 Socrates put to death . 396 Expedition of Agesilaus into Asia . Age of Xenophon , Zeuxis , Aristippus , and Ar- chytas ...
... killed at Cunaxa .. Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks . Expulsion of the thirty tyrants from Athens by Thrasybulus . 400 Socrates put to death . 396 Expedition of Agesilaus into Asia . Age of Xenophon , Zeuxis , Aristippus , and Ar- chytas ...
Page x
... killed by Pausanias . 335 Alexander destroys Thebes . 334 Alexander begins his Persian expedition . Battle of the Granicus . 333 Battle of Issus . 332 Tyre taken and destroyed by Alexander : Alexandria in Egypt founded by him . 331 ...
... killed by Pausanias . 335 Alexander destroys Thebes . 334 Alexander begins his Persian expedition . Battle of the Granicus . 333 Battle of Issus . 332 Tyre taken and destroyed by Alexander : Alexandria in Egypt founded by him . 331 ...
Page xi
... killed by Ptolemy , Seleucus , Lysi- machus , and Cassander . Age of Zeno , Pyrrho , Philemon , Crantor . 291 Age of Euclid the mathema- tician , Epicurus , Bion , & c . 284 Pharos of Alexandria built . The Septuagint translated about ...
... killed by Ptolemy , Seleucus , Lysi- machus , and Cassander . Age of Zeno , Pyrrho , Philemon , Crantor . 291 Age of Euclid the mathema- tician , Epicurus , Bion , & c . 284 Pharos of Alexandria built . The Septuagint translated about ...
Page xiv
... killed . Age of Lucilius . 111 Jugurthine war begins , and continues five years . 652 102 Teutones defeated by Marius . 101 Teutones and Cimbri defeated by Marius and Catulus . 653 657 663 665 666 97 Cyrene left by Ptolemy Apion to the ...
... killed . Age of Lucilius . 111 Jugurthine war begins , and continues five years . 652 102 Teutones defeated by Marius . 101 Teutones and Cimbri defeated by Marius and Catulus . 653 657 663 665 666 97 Cyrene left by Ptolemy Apion to the ...
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Page 216 - 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 248 - 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 48 - 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 105 - 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 105 - 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 250 - 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.