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... town is mentioned under its Latin form of Celane , there will be a strong temp- tation for young readers to pronounce it as if it were the Greek name for the moon Selênê . It is well therefore that they should become familiarised with ...
... town is mentioned under its Latin form of Celane , there will be a strong temp- tation for young readers to pronounce it as if it were the Greek name for the moon Selênê . It is well therefore that they should become familiarised with ...
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... town of Eresos from Athens Voyage of Mindaros to the Hellespont The battle of Kynossema · Moral effects of the victory on the Athenians THE CHAPTER IX . 444 · • 445 • 445 446 446 • 447 . 477 PELOPONNESIAN ( DEKELEIAN OR IONIAN ) WAR ...
... town of Eresos from Athens Voyage of Mindaros to the Hellespont The battle of Kynossema · Moral effects of the victory on the Athenians THE CHAPTER IX . 444 · • 445 • 445 446 446 • 447 . 477 PELOPONNESIAN ( DEKELEIAN OR IONIAN ) WAR ...
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... town had its founder or heroic Eponymos whose name it bore and whose exploits shed a lustre on his The Argives looked back to the glorious descendants for ever . days of Perseus , the child of the golden shower , who , bearing the sword ...
... town had its founder or heroic Eponymos whose name it bore and whose exploits shed a lustre on his The Argives looked back to the glorious descendants for ever . days of Perseus , the child of the golden shower , who , bearing the sword ...
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... towns dwelt a nobility who , drawing their revenues from the rich lands round about , spent their time in feuds and ... town of the Epizephyrian Lokrians at the southern extremity of the Italian peninsula . These Lokrians were regarded ...
... towns dwelt a nobility who , drawing their revenues from the rich lands round about , spent their time in feuds and ... town of the Epizephyrian Lokrians at the southern extremity of the Italian peninsula . These Lokrians were regarded ...
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... town of Elateia and runs into the lake Kopaïs near the Boiotian Orchomenos . The Aito- lians and Akarna- nians . To the west of the Ozolian Lokrians and of the little state of Doris lay the fastnesses of mountain tribes , some of which ...
... town of Elateia and runs into the lake Kopaïs near the Boiotian Orchomenos . The Aito- lians and Akarna- nians . To the west of the Ozolian Lokrians and of the little state of Doris lay the fastnesses of mountain tribes , some of which ...
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