History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age ...E. Littell, 1827 - Latin literature |
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... employ Phoenician or Egyptian sailors , the colony of Ly- dians , which settled in Italy , might thus contain a mixture of such people , and present those appearances which have led some antiquarians to consider the Etruscans as ...
... employ Phoenician or Egyptian sailors , the colony of Ly- dians , which settled in Italy , might thus contain a mixture of such people , and present those appearances which have led some antiquarians to consider the Etruscans as ...
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... employed in the most po- pular dramatic representations at Rome , and from the cir- cumstance that almost every word of its few relics which remain , is the root of some equivalent Latin term . Thus Akeru produced acerra - Anter , inter ...
... employed in the most po- pular dramatic representations at Rome , and from the cir- cumstance that almost every word of its few relics which remain , is the root of some equivalent Latin term . Thus Akeru produced acerra - Anter , inter ...
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... employed in Fescennia , a city of Etruria , whence the ancient nuptial hymns of the Romans were called Fescennine . It is evident , however , that these Etruscan songs , or hymns , were of the very rudest de- scription , and probably ...
... employed in Fescennia , a city of Etruria , whence the ancient nuptial hymns of the Romans were called Fescennine . It is evident , however , that these Etruscan songs , or hymns , were of the very rudest de- scription , and probably ...
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... employed in a state subject to popular commotions . The book delivered to Tarquin , and which was supposed to contain those ancient oracles , perished amid the conflagration in the Capitol , during the civil wars of Marius and Sylla ...
... employed in a state subject to popular commotions . The book delivered to Tarquin , and which was supposed to contain those ancient oracles , perished amid the conflagration in the Capitol , during the civil wars of Marius and Sylla ...
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... employed in Etruria at the harvest - homes of the peasants , were about the same period applied by the Romans to mar- riage ceremonies and public diversions . There were also songs of triumph in a rude measure , which were sung by the ...
... employed in Etruria at the harvest - homes of the peasants , were about the same period applied by the Romans to mar- riage ceremonies and public diversions . There were also songs of triumph in a rude measure , which were sung by the ...
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