A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... ancient authors , that the abolla was by no means confined in its use to military occasions.1 ACANTHA . ABROGA'TIO . ( Vid . LEX . ) * ABROT'ONUM ( abpórovov ) , a plant , of which two species are described by Dioscorides , ' the male ...
... ancient authors , that the abolla was by no means confined in its use to military occasions.1 ACANTHA . ABROGA'TIO . ( Vid . LEX . ) * ABROT'ONUM ( abpórovov ) , a plant , of which two species are described by Dioscorides , ' the male ...
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... ancient monuments . In the first place , in the bas - reliefs which adorn the ruins of Persepo- lis , the acinaces is invariably straight , and is com- monly suspended over the right thigh , never over the left , but sometimes in front ...
... ancient monuments . In the first place , in the bas - reliefs which adorn the ruins of Persepo- lis , the acinaces is invariably straight , and is com- monly suspended over the right thigh , never over the left , but sometimes in front ...
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... ancient Greeks were in part support- the office of putting out fires , and placed a body of ed by a belt or strap ( rehauúv , balteus ) passing over 600 slaves at their command ; but the præfecti vigi- the right shoulder , and , when ...
... ancient Greeks were in part support- the office of putting out fires , and placed a body of ed by a belt or strap ( rehauúv , balteus ) passing over 600 slaves at their command ; but the præfecti vigi- the right shoulder , and , when ...
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... ancient objects formed of the material called æs , are found upon analysis to contain no zinc ; but , with very limited exceptions , to be composed entirely of copper and tin . To this mixture the term bronze is now exclu- sively ...
... ancient objects formed of the material called æs , are found upon analysis to contain no zinc ; but , with very limited exceptions , to be composed entirely of copper and tin . To this mixture the term bronze is now exclu- sively ...
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... ancient dignity . But , whatever was the cause , we have still the fact that there were two places of congress ; to ac- count for which , it has been supposed that there were originally two confederations , afterward united by the ...
... ancient dignity . But , whatever was the cause , we have still the fact that there were two places of congress ; to ac- count for which , it has been supposed that there were originally two confederations , afterward united by the ...
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Page 208 - And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Page 50 - They bound themselves by an oath that ' they would destroy no city of the Amphictyons, nor cut off their streams in war or peace ; and if any should do so, they would march against him and destroy his cities; and should any pillage the property of the god, or be privy to, or plan anything against what was in his temple at Delphi, they would take vengeance on him with hand, and foot, and voice, and all their might
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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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Page 164 - Ep. 75) alludes to a person who married in order to comply with the law. That which was caducum came, in the first place, to those among the heredes who had children ; and if the heredes had no children, it came among those of the legatees who had children. The law gave the jus accrescendi, that is, the right to the caducum as far as the third degree of consanguinity, both ascending and descending (Ulp. Frag.