Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, المجلد 2T. Tegg, 1840 - 4 من الصفحات |
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... afterwards forgiven . The Argives , stung by the recollection of the opportunity they had thus lost of signalising themselves , and unable to endure the superior fame of their neigh- bours , made war against Mycenæ , and destroyed it ...
... afterwards forgiven . The Argives , stung by the recollection of the opportunity they had thus lost of signalising themselves , and unable to endure the superior fame of their neigh- bours , made war against Mycenæ , and destroyed it ...
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... afterwards , so closely , that the town was removed , in process of time , more than three miles within the land . Of its origin there are two accounts : some ascribing it to a colony from Crete , under the conduct of Miletus ; some to ...
... afterwards , so closely , that the town was removed , in process of time , more than three miles within the land . Of its origin there are two accounts : some ascribing it to a colony from Crete , under the conduct of Miletus ; some to ...
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... afterwards fell so low as to furnish a proverbial saying , ' The Milesians were once great ; but if we compare its ancient glory , and its subsequent humi- liation , with its present state , we may justly exclaim , ' Miletus , how much ...
... afterwards fell so low as to furnish a proverbial saying , ' The Milesians were once great ; but if we compare its ancient glory , and its subsequent humi- liation , with its present state , we may justly exclaim , ' Miletus , how much ...
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... afterwards , renewed in honour of Hercules , who in that neighbourhood is said to have destroyed a lion by squeezing him to death . These games consisted of foot and horse races , and chariot races ; boxing , wrestling , and contests of ...
... afterwards , renewed in honour of Hercules , who in that neighbourhood is said to have destroyed a lion by squeezing him to death . These games consisted of foot and horse races , and chariot races ; boxing , wrestling , and contests of ...
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... afterwards deposed , thrown into a dungeon , where he was insulted , famished , tortured , and at length murdered by one of his own sons . We have given an account of its ancient size and splendour : we must now give some account of the ...
... afterwards deposed , thrown into a dungeon , where he was insulted , famished , tortured , and at length murdered by one of his own sons . We have given an account of its ancient size and splendour : we must now give some account of the ...
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