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... celebrated as the place whence Xerxes and his vast army passed into Europe in 480 B. c .; also as the scene of the story of Hero ( q . v . ) and Leander . In the later times of antiquity , the people of A. were reproached for their ...
... celebrated as the place whence Xerxes and his vast army passed into Europe in 480 B. c .; also as the scene of the story of Hero ( q . v . ) and Leander . In the later times of antiquity , the people of A. were reproached for their ...
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... celebrated Linnæus . It received a royal charter zealously laboured to revive the long extinguished in 1741 , .but no endowment . Its publications , since light of classic literature . After the decline of the 1779 , are distinguished ...
... celebrated Linnæus . It received a royal charter zealously laboured to revive the long extinguished in 1741 , .but no endowment . Its publications , since light of classic literature . After the decline of the 1779 , are distinguished ...
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... celebrated of the ancient Acropolises was that of Argos , whose name , Larissa , indicates its Pelasgic origin ; that of Mes- senia , which bore the name of Ithome ; that of Thebes , called Cadmea ; that of Corinth , known as Acro ...
... celebrated of the ancient Acropolises was that of Argos , whose name , Larissa , indicates its Pelasgic origin ; that of Mes- senia , which bore the name of Ithome ; that of Thebes , called Cadmea ; that of Corinth , known as Acro ...
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... celebrated every five years . He encamped , the splendid city of Nicopolis ( city of victory ) , where Prevesa now stands . ACTON , JOSEPH , PRINCE , prime - minister of Ferdinand IV . of Naples , was the son of an Irish physician , and ...
... celebrated every five years . He encamped , the splendid city of Nicopolis ( city of victory ) , where Prevesa now stands . ACTON , JOSEPH , PRINCE , prime - minister of Ferdinand IV . of Naples , was the son of an Irish physician , and ...
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... celebrated with peculiar pomp at Alexandria . Connected therewith were the Gardens of A. , as they were called . Before the festival , wheat , fennel , and lettuce were sown in earthen , and even in silver Adonis . pots , and forced by ...
... celebrated with peculiar pomp at Alexandria . Connected therewith were the Gardens of A. , as they were called . Before the festival , wheat , fennel , and lettuce were sown in earthen , and even in silver Adonis . pots , and forced by ...
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