A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryMurray, 1884 - 438 páginas |
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... soon as they had grown up , they slew Phege- us , his wife , and his two sons . They after- wards went to Epirus , where Acarnan found- ed the state called after him Acarnania . ACARNĀNIA ( -ae ) , the most westerly prov bracian gulf ...
... soon as they had grown up , they slew Phege- us , his wife , and his two sons . They after- wards went to Epirus , where Acarnan found- ed the state called after him Acarnania . ACARNĀNIA ( -ae ) , the most westerly prov bracian gulf ...
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... soon became the chief politi- cal power in Greece . At length the Achaei declared war against the Romans , who de- stroyed the League , and thus put an end to the independence of Greece . Corinth , then the chief town of the League ...
... soon became the chief politi- cal power in Greece . At length the Achaei declared war against the Romans , who de- stroyed the League , and thus put an end to the independence of Greece . Corinth , then the chief town of the League ...
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... soon acquired great reputation . In 347 he was sent along with Demosthenes as one of the 10 embassa- dors to negotiate a peace with Philip . From this time he appears as the friend of the Mace- donian party , and as the opponent of ...
... soon acquired great reputation . In 347 he was sent along with Demosthenes as one of the 10 embassa- dors to negotiate a peace with Philip . From this time he appears as the friend of the Mace- donian party , and as the opponent of ...
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... soon as they had grown up , they slew Phege- us , his wife , and his two sons . They after- wards went to Epirus , where Acarnan found- ed the state called after him Acarnania . ACARNĀNIA ( -ae ) , the most westerly prov bracian gulf ...
... soon as they had grown up , they slew Phege- us , his wife , and his two sons . They after- wards went to Epirus , where Acarnan found- ed the state called after him Acarnania . ACARNĀNIA ( -ae ) , the most westerly prov bracian gulf ...
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... Soon after this Aeneas fell in bat- tle against the Rutulians who were assisted by Mezentius , king of the Etruscans . As his body was not found after the battle , it was be- lieved that it had been carried up to heaven , or that he had ...
... Soon after this Aeneas fell in bat- tle against the Rutulians who were assisted by Mezentius , king of the Etruscans . As his body was not found after the battle , it was be- lieved that it had been carried up to heaven , or that he had ...
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