A sketch of modern and antient geography |
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Strana x
... 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 Battle of Arbela . End of the ...
... 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 Battle of Arbela . End of the ...
Strana xi
... Alexander's expedition against Porus . Age of Apelles , Hy- perides , Lysippus , & c . 323 Alexander dies May 21. King- dom of Egypt founded by Ptolemy . 321 Romans defeated by the Sam- nites at Caudium . 320 Polyperchon publishes ...
... Alexander's expedition against Porus . Age of Apelles , Hy- perides , Lysippus , & c . 323 Alexander dies May 21. King- dom of Egypt founded by Ptolemy . 321 Romans defeated by the Sam- nites at Caudium . 320 Polyperchon publishes ...
Strana xix
... Alexander . 988 235 The sixth persecution of the Christians . Alexander killed by the soldiers and suc- ceeded by Maximin . In the reign of Alexander flourished Dion Cassius , Ori- gen and Ammonius . 989 236 Maximin killed by the ...
... Alexander . 988 235 The sixth persecution of the Christians . Alexander killed by the soldiers and suc- ceeded by Maximin . In the reign of Alexander flourished Dion Cassius , Ori- gen and Ammonius . 989 236 Maximin killed by the ...
Strana 73
... Alexander Selkirk supported himself in a life of solitude for four years ; whose adventures gave rise to the celebrated tale of Robinson Crusoe . At the bottom of Chili is the large island of Chiloe , 140 miles long , and 40 broad , in ...
... Alexander Selkirk supported himself in a life of solitude for four years ; whose adventures gave rise to the celebrated tale of Robinson Crusoe . At the bottom of Chili is the large island of Chiloe , 140 miles long , and 40 broad , in ...
Strana 165
... Alexander , B. C. 323 , Ol . 114 , 2 , but at last O ubi Tempe Sperchiusque et virginibus bacchata Lacænis Taygeta . Virg . Georg . II . 486 . I have adopted the reading of Tempe here , for convenience , not forgetting the reasons in ...
... Alexander , B. C. 323 , Ol . 114 , 2 , but at last O ubi Tempe Sperchiusque et virginibus bacchata Lacænis Taygeta . Virg . Georg . II . 486 . I have adopted the reading of Tempe here , for convenience , not forgetting the reasons in ...
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A sketch of modern and antient geography Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) Úplné zobrazenie - 1851 |
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Ægean Ægypt Africa afterwards Alexander Alps antiently called Arabia Armenia Asia Athenians Augustus battle birth-place Bithynia Boeotia bounded brated Britain built Cæsar Campania Cape capital Cappadocia Caria Caspian cele celebrated Cilicia circle coast colony contained corrupted Danube death defeated district divided Eastward Emperor empire Equator Euboea Euphrates Europe Euxine extremity feet flows Gallia giving name Grecian Greece Greeks Gulph Hannibal Horace Imaus inhabitants island Isles Italy killed king Kingdom Lacedæmonians lake Latium little North Locri longitude Lydia Macedonia Mediterranean memorable miles Mount Mountains mouth Mysia nation Nile North East North Eastern North West Northern Numidia opposite Paphlagonia Persian Phocis Phrygia Pisidia Pompey Pontus principal city principal Rivers promontory province Rhine rises Roman Rome Scythia second Punic war shore Sicily Sinus Corinthiacus South East South West Southern Spain Syria Syrtis Syrtis Major temple Thessaly town tribes Vindelici Virg Virgil Western side whence
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Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.