A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesHarper & Brothers, 1872 - 1116 pages |
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... celebrated . It is equally intended , also , for the general reader , and as a work of popular reference will be found to be invaluable , not only from its accuracy of research , but from the wide field over which it ranges . In a word ...
... celebrated . It is equally intended , also , for the general reader , and as a work of popular reference will be found to be invaluable , not only from its accuracy of research , but from the wide field over which it ranges . In a word ...
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... celebrated in hon- our of Aphrodite and Adonis in most of the Grecian cities . It lasted two days , and was celebrated by women exclusively . On the first day they brought into the streets statues of Adonis , which were laid out as ...
... celebrated in hon- our of Aphrodite and Adonis in most of the Grecian cities . It lasted two days , and was celebrated by women exclusively . On the first day they brought into the streets statues of Adonis , which were laid out as ...
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... celebrated . During the flourishing times of the Grecian republics , the Eleans were the ȧywvolérac in the Olympic games , the Corinthians in the Isthmian games , the Am- phictyons in the Pythian games , and the Corinthi- ans , Argives ...
... celebrated . During the flourishing times of the Grecian republics , the Eleans were the ȧywvolérac in the Olympic games , the Corinthians in the Isthmian games , the Am- phictyons in the Pythian games , and the Corinthi- ans , Argives ...
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... celebrated at Orchomenus , in Boeotia , in honour of Dionysus , surnamed ' Aypiúvios . It appears from Plutarch that this festival was solemnized only by women and priests of Dionysus . It consisted of a kind of game , in which the ...
... celebrated at Orchomenus , in Boeotia , in honour of Dionysus , surnamed ' Aypiúvios . It appears from Plutarch that this festival was solemnized only by women and priests of Dionysus . It consisted of a kind of game , in which the ...
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... celebrated Paul Hermann told Dr. Mead that he had found in Africa a ser- pent , the poison of which was immediately follow- ed by hæmorrhages from all the pores of the body , and which he concluded to be the same as the Hæmorrhus of ...
... celebrated Paul Hermann told Dr. Mead that he had found in Africa a ser- pent , the poison of which was immediately follow- ed by hæmorrhages from all the pores of the body , and which he concluded to be the same as the Hæmorrhus of ...
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