A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryMurray, 1884 - 438 páginas |
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... defeated by Lysander , B.C. 405 . AEGYPTUS ( -i ) , king of Aegypt , son of Be- Jus , and twin - brother of Danaus . Aegyptus had 50 sons , and his brother Danaus 50 daugh- ters . Danaus , fearing the sons of his brother , fled with his ...
... defeated by Lysander , B.C. 405 . AEGYPTUS ( -i ) , king of Aegypt , son of Be- Jus , and twin - brother of Danaus . Aegyptus had 50 sons , and his brother Danaus 50 daugh- ters . Danaus , fearing the sons of his brother , fled with his ...
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... defeated at Himera by the Cartha- ginians , under Hamilcar , who straightway laid siege to Syracuse , whereupon he formed the bold design of averting the ruin which threat- ened him by carrying the war into Africa . His successes were ...
... defeated at Himera by the Cartha- ginians , under Hamilcar , who straightway laid siege to Syracuse , whereupon he formed the bold design of averting the ruin which threat- ened him by carrying the war into Africa . His successes were ...
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... defeated , at Coronea in Boeotia , the allied forces . During the next 4 years he regained for his country much of its former supremacy , till at length the fatal battle of Leuctra , 371 , overthrew forever the power of Sparta , and ...
... defeated , at Coronea in Boeotia , the allied forces . During the next 4 years he regained for his country much of its former supremacy , till at length the fatal battle of Leuctra , 371 , overthrew forever the power of Sparta , and ...
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... defeated his rivals , he turned his arms against Albinus . A great battle was fought between them at Lugdunum ( Lyons ) , in Gaul , 197 , in which Albinus was defeated and killed . ALBION ( -onis ) , another name of BRITAN- NIA , the ...
... defeated his rivals , he turned his arms against Albinus . A great battle was fought between them at Lugdunum ( Lyons ) , in Gaul , 197 , in which Albinus was defeated and killed . ALBION ( -onis ) , another name of BRITAN- NIA , the ...
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... defeated and slain in battle in 326 , near Pandosia , on the banks of the Ache- ron , in Southern Italy .- ( 2 ) Son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa , succeeded his father in 272 . II . Kings of Macedonia .- ( 1 ) Son of Amyn- tas I. , succeeded ...
... defeated and slain in battle in 326 , near Pandosia , on the banks of the Ache- ron , in Southern Italy .- ( 2 ) Son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa , succeeded his father in 272 . II . Kings of Macedonia .- ( 1 ) Son of Amyn- tas I. , succeeded ...
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