A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryMurray, 1884 - 438 páginas |
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... capital of the district of Osrhoëne in Mesopo- tamia . Of these rulers one is supposed by Eusebius to have been the author of a letter written to Christ , which he found in a church at Edessa and translated from the Syriac . The letter ...
... capital of the district of Osrhoëne in Mesopo- tamia . Of these rulers one is supposed by Eusebius to have been the author of a letter written to Christ , which he found in a church at Edessa and translated from the Syriac . The letter ...
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... capital of Macedonia and the burial - place of the Mace- donian kings . It was also called Edessa .— ( 3 ) A town in Euboea , with a celebrated temple of Poseidon , who was hence called Aegaeus.- ( 4 ) Also AEGAEAE , one of the 12 ...
... capital of Macedonia and the burial - place of the Mace- donian kings . It was also called Edessa .— ( 3 ) A town in Euboea , with a celebrated temple of Poseidon , who was hence called Aegaeus.- ( 4 ) Also AEGAEAE , one of the 12 ...
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... capital after the destruction of Helice . AEGLE ( -8 ) , that is , " Brightness " or " Splendor , " the name of several nymphs . AEGOS - POTAMOS , the " goat's river , " a small river , with a town of the same name on it , in the ...
... capital after the destruction of Helice . AEGLE ( -8 ) , that is , " Brightness " or " Splendor , " the name of several nymphs . AEGOS - POTAMOS , the " goat's river , " a small river , with a town of the same name on it , in the ...
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... capital . Some traditions made Meroë the parent of Egyp- tian civilization , while others ascribed the civilization of Ethiopia to Egyptian coloniza- tion . So great was the power of the Ethio- pians that more than once in its history ...
... capital . Some traditions made Meroë the parent of Egyp- tian civilization , while others ascribed the civilization of Ethiopia to Egyptian coloniza- tion . So great was the power of the Ethio- pians that more than once in its history ...
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... capital of Egypt under the Ptolemies , ordered by Alex- ander to be founded in B. c . 332. It was built on the narrow neck of land between the Lake Mareotis and the Mediterranean , opposite to the I. of Pharos , which was joined to the ...
... capital of Egypt under the Ptolemies , ordered by Alex- ander to be founded in B. c . 332. It was built on the narrow neck of land between the Lake Mareotis and the Mediterranean , opposite to the I. of Pharos , which was joined to the ...
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