On Some Disputed Questions of Ancient GeographyJohn Murray, 1857 - 128 էջ |
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... authorities , he arrived at the conclusion , that there were two itinerary stades in use by the Greeks and Romans , one of which was the Olympic stade , the eighth of a Roman mile , the other shorter , and equal to a tenth of the same ...
... authorities , he arrived at the conclusion , that there were two itinerary stades in use by the Greeks and Romans , one of which was the Olympic stade , the eighth of a Roman mile , the other shorter , and equal to a tenth of the same ...
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... authorities , by remarking that all the distances recorded by them were nothing more than com- puted distances . He observes that the difference of length obtained from eight of the greatest autho- rities was no more than a fourteenth ...
... authorities , by remarking that all the distances recorded by them were nothing more than com- puted distances . He observes that the difference of length obtained from eight of the greatest autho- rities was no more than a fourteenth ...
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... . On the whole of this question and the cited authorities , see Rennell , Geography of Herodotus , cc . 24 , 25 ; Gosselin , Re- cherches sur le tour de l'Afrique . ELANA , by the EDITOR . The Editor remarks that 8 EGYPTUS .
... . On the whole of this question and the cited authorities , see Rennell , Geography of Herodotus , cc . 24 , 25 ; Gosselin , Re- cherches sur le tour de l'Afrique . ELANA , by the EDITOR . The Editor remarks that 8 EGYPTUS .
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... authorities in preference to those of England , without reflecting that English geographers are generally aurÓTTα , while the Ger- mans are seldom more than speculators upon Eng- lish information . Mr. Grote , as well as the Editor of ...
... authorities in preference to those of England , without reflecting that English geographers are generally aurÓTTα , while the Ger- mans are seldom more than speculators upon Eng- lish information . Mr. Grote , as well as the Editor of ...
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... authorities favourable to this hypothesis are , 1. Ptolemy , whose names occur in the following order - Dyme , Araxus extrema Eleæ , Cyllene navale , Penei fluvii ostia , Chelonatas pro- montorium , Chelonatas sinus , Ichthys extrema ...
... authorities favourable to this hypothesis are , 1. Ptolemy , whose names occur in the following order - Dyme , Araxus extrema Eleæ , Cyllene navale , Penei fluvii ostia , Chelonatas pro- montorium , Chelonatas sinus , Ichthys extrema ...
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