A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES . EDITED BY. PUBLISHED BY LATIN GRAMMAR , PART I.— First Latin Lessons , containing the most important Parts of the Grammar of the Latin Language , together with appropriate Exerci- ses in the translating and ...
... GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES . EDITED BY. PUBLISHED BY LATIN GRAMMAR , PART I.— First Latin Lessons , containing the most important Parts of the Grammar of the Latin Language , together with appropriate Exerci- ses in the translating and ...
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... Greek and Roman Antiquities can be written satisfactorily by any one individual . As it was therefore absolutely necessary to divide the labour , no other arrangement offered so many facilities for the purpose as that which has been ...
... Greek and Roman Antiquities can be written satisfactorily by any one individual . As it was therefore absolutely necessary to divide the labour , no other arrangement offered so many facilities for the purpose as that which has been ...
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... Greeks must have been either the Pinus abies or the Pinus Ori- VII . By another variation the ABACUS was adapt- ed for playing with dice or counters . The Greeks had a tradition ... Greek árokéyew , which is used in -10 ABACUS . ABLEGMINA .
... Greeks must have been either the Pinus abies or the Pinus Ori- VII . By another variation the ABACUS was adapt- ed for playing with dice or counters . The Greeks had a tradition ... Greek árokéyew , which is used in -10 ABACUS . ABLEGMINA .
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William Smith, Charles Anthon. ABRAMIS . the Greek árokéyew , which is used in a similar manner . These parts were also ... Greek feet . * ACALE PHE ( akaλhon , or кvidn ) , I. a kind of shellfish , belonging to the genus Urtica ( " Sea ...
William Smith, Charles Anthon. ABRAMIS . the Greek árokéyew , which is used in a similar manner . These parts were also ... Greek feet . * ACALE PHE ( akaλhon , or кvidn ) , I. a kind of shellfish , belonging to the genus Urtica ( " Sea ...
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... Greek names of this utensil , viz . , oğúbagov , from ¿ §ús , acid , and ẞánтw , to dip or immerse . It also suits the various secondary appli- cations of these terms , both in Latin and in Greek , which suppose the vessel to have been ...
... Greek names of this utensil , viz . , oğúbagov , from ¿ §ús , acid , and ẞánтw , to dip or immerse . It also suits the various secondary appli- cations of these terms , both in Latin and in Greek , which suppose the vessel to have been ...
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Page 126 - The chief duties of augurs were to observe and report supernatural signs. They were also the repositories of the ceremonial law, and had to advise on the expiation of prodigies and other matters of religious observance. The sources of their art were threefold: first, the formulas and traditions of the college, which in ancient times met on the nones of every month ; secondly, the...
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