A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography: Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |
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according Africa afterward Alexander Alexandrea ancient Antiochus Antony Apollo Argos army Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attica Augustus battle became Boeotia brother Cæsar called Caria Carthaginians celebrated chief Cicero Cilicia Claudius coast colony command consul daughter defeated Diana Artemis died Dionysius district east Egypt Emperor empire Epirus Euboea extant father flourished formed founded Gallia Gaul goddess Greece Greek Gulf hence Hercules hero Hispania Hispania Tarraconensis Homer honor inhabitants island Italy Jupiter Jupiter Zeus killed king Lake later Latin Latium lived Macedonia married mother Mount mountain murder Neptune Poseidon orator originally Parthians Peloponnesus Persian philosopher Phocis Phrygia poems poet Pompey possession prætor probably promontory province Ptolemy put to death reign river Roman Rome ruins senate sent Sicily slain Spain Sparta stadia succeeded surname Syria temple Thebes Thessaly Thrace Tiberius tion took town tribes Trojan Troy tyrant whence wife worship writers wrote Zeus