On Some Disputed Questions of Ancient GeographyJohn Murray, 1857 - 128 էջ |
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... Greece ( iii . p . 381 ) , I am tempted to offer a few observations on this question . The perimeter of Africa is about 13,500 geogra- phical miles , of 60 to the degree of latitude . But in estimating the number of those miles to be ...
... Greece ( iii . p . 381 ) , I am tempted to offer a few observations on this question . The perimeter of Africa is about 13,500 geogra- phical miles , of 60 to the degree of latitude . But in estimating the number of those miles to be ...
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... Greece , and Egypt . Nearchus con- sumed 127 days in coasting from the Indus to the Arosis , a river near the head of the Persian gulf . The outer or general line of this coast measures about 1140 G. M. , which number , increased in the ...
... Greece , and Egypt . Nearchus con- sumed 127 days in coasting from the Indus to the Arosis , a river near the head of the Persian gulf . The outer or general line of this coast measures about 1140 G. M. , which number , increased in the ...
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... Greece , vol . iii . p . 457. ) " I cannot assent to this correction . The words of Athenæus are . . τὴν Βολύκην λίμνην , περὶ ἧς Ηγή- σανδρος ἐν τοῖς ὑπομνήμασί φησιν οὕτως " [ ̓Απολλωνίαν ] APOLLONIA . 9 Ælana, by the EDITOR Apameia ...
... Greece , vol . iii . p . 457. ) " I cannot assent to this correction . The words of Athenæus are . . τὴν Βολύκην λίμνην , περὶ ἧς Ηγή- σανδρος ἐν τοῖς ὑπομνήμασί φησιν οὕτως " [ ̓Απολλωνίαν ] APOLLONIA . 9 Ælana, by the EDITOR Apameia ...
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... Greece , iii . p . 155 . ARGOS ORESTICUM , by the EDITOR . " Leake confounds the Macedonian Argos with Argos Oresticum . " The reasons given by the Edi- tor for this opinion are , 1. That Stephanus mentions an Argos in Macedonia as well ...
... Greece , iii . p . 155 . ARGOS ORESTICUM , by the EDITOR . " Leake confounds the Macedonian Argos with Argos Oresticum . " The reasons given by the Edi- tor for this opinion are , 1. That Stephanus mentions an Argos in Macedonia as well ...
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... Greece , i . p . 375 ) . Its being placed in Macedonia by Ptolemy is accounted for by Strabo , who says ( p . 326 ) , Ενιοι δὲ καὶ σύμπασαν τὴν μέχρι Κορκύρας Μακεδονίαν προσαγορεύουσιν . How the dis- trict of Amantia , which is a part ...
... Greece , i . p . 375 ) . Its being placed in Macedonia by Ptolemy is accounted for by Strabo , who says ( p . 326 ) , Ενιοι δὲ καὶ σύμπασαν τὴν μέχρι Κορκύρας Μακεδονίαν προσαγορεύουσιν . How the dis- trict of Amantia , which is a part ...
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