A School-dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryJ. Murray, 1845 - 427 pages |
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... solemn oath , which all Athenians , when they arrived at manhood ( ěpn6o1 ) , were obliged to take in the temple of Agraulos , that they would fight for their country , and always observe its laws . " land sur- AGRIMENSO'RES , or veyors ...
... solemn oath , which all Athenians , when they arrived at manhood ( ěpn6o1 ) , were obliged to take in the temple of Agraulos , that they would fight for their country , and always observe its laws . " land sur- AGRIMENSO'RES , or veyors ...
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... solemn oath doubly violated . Its territory the rich Cirrhaean plain - was consecrated to the god , and curses imprecated upon whomsoever should till or dwell in it . Thus ended the First Sacred War ( B.c. 585 ) , in which the Athenians ...
... solemn oath doubly violated . Its territory the rich Cirrhaean plain - was consecrated to the god , and curses imprecated upon whomsoever should till or dwell in it . Thus ended the First Sacred War ( B.c. 585 ) , in which the Athenians ...
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... solemnity , from which its name was derived . AMPHITHEA / TRUM , an amphi- theatre , was a place for the exhibition of public shows of combatants and wild beasts , entirely surrounded by seats for the specta- tors ; whereas , in those ...
... solemnity , from which its name was derived . AMPHITHEA / TRUM , an amphi- theatre , was a place for the exhibition of public shows of combatants and wild beasts , entirely surrounded by seats for the specta- tors ; whereas , in those ...
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... solemn protest or assertion before a magistrate , to the intent that it might be preserved by him till it was required to be given in evidence . 3. A specification of property , said to be long to the state , but actually in the posses ...
... solemn protest or assertion before a magistrate , to the intent that it might be preserved by him till it was required to be given in evidence . 3. A specification of property , said to be long to the state , but actually in the posses ...
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... solemn oath that his accusation was true , standing over the slaughtered victims , and imprecating extirpation upon himself and his whole family were it not So. The accused then denied the charge with the same solemnity and form of oath ...
... solemn oath that his accusation was true , standing over the slaughtered victims , and imprecating extirpation upon himself and his whole family were it not So. The accused then denied the charge with the same solemnity and form of oath ...
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