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2d Punic Adriatic Aegaean Aetolia afterwards Alps ancient town antiquity Apennines Apulia Asia Minor Athenians Attica Augustus bank became birthplace Boeotia boundary bounded Bruttium built called Campania capital Cappadocia Caria Carthaginians celebrated chief city chief rivers chief towns Cilicia coast defeated derived its name destroyed district divided Dorian Etruria Euboea Euxine fertile flourishing flows formed founded Galatia Gallia Gauls Greece Greek cities gulf Hannibal harbor hence Herodotus hill Homer Iapygia important inhabitants Insulae Ionian island Italy king Lacus lake later Latium Locri Lucania Lycia Lydia Mare mentioned Messapia Messenia miles modern name Mons Montes mountains mouth municipium Mysia Neapolis neighborhood noted originally Pausanias Peloponnesus peninsula Persian Phrygia Pisidia plain poets Pontus possessed principal promontory province rises Roman colony Rome ruins Sabine Samnites Samnium separated Sicily side Sinus situated stadia stood Strabo subsequently Syracuse Tarentum Taurus temple territory Thessaly tribes valley whence
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Page 62 - Euboea, and did not regain their liberty till the close of the Peloponnesian war, when they asserted their freedom, and, aided by the Boeotians, fortified the Euripus, and established a communication with the continent by throwing a wooden bridge across the channel. Towers were placed at each extremity, and room was left in the middle for one ship only to pass. This work was undertaken...
Page 40 - I was, however, to be for once agreeably surprised; the narrow and low entrance of the cave, spread at once into a chamber 330 feet long, by nearly 200 wide ; the Stalactites from the top hung in the most graceful forms, the whole length of the roof, and fell, like drapery, down the sides.
Page 34 - Corinthian gull', and not only afforded them the means of keeping up a cornmunicaiion with Corcyra and Acarnania, but enabled them also to watch the motions of the enemy on the opposite coast, and to guard against any designs they might form against their allies. Some important...
Page 85 - Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to the bottom of the sea, that it might be a secure restingplace for his beloved, and here she gave birth to Apollo and Artemis.
Page v - ... to the ancients at different periods, and of the gradual extension of their knowledge. Then the author begins with the Ancient Geography of Europe — Greece is described in ample detail, and Italy in the same manner. Then follows all that is known of Asia Minor. This constitutes what may be termed Classical Geography — that portion of Ancient Geography which the student most constantly needs in the study of classical authors. To present this properly is the main design of the work. After this...