The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ...C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1830 |
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... circumstance in proof of the like error , in his allowing more than 6000 stades between Thebes and the sea , whilst Eratosthenes allowed 5000 only for the difference of parallels , between Syene and Alexandria . And again , in assigning ...
... circumstance in proof of the like error , in his allowing more than 6000 stades between Thebes and the sea , whilst Eratosthenes allowed 5000 only for the difference of parallels , between Syene and Alexandria . And again , in assigning ...
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... circumstance of Strabo's giving the number of stades in Nearchus's coasting navigation , for the length of the coasts of Persia and Caramania . Eratosthenes , as a Grecian , should have known the 30 ON THE ITINERARY STADE OF THE GREEKS .
... circumstance of Strabo's giving the number of stades in Nearchus's coasting navigation , for the length of the coasts of Persia and Caramania . Eratosthenes , as a Grecian , should have known the 30 ON THE ITINERARY STADE OF THE GREEKS .
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... circumstance : for what else could induce this voluntary sacrifice ? It appears almost a matter of certainty that He- 1 " Each person has several wives . If the husband dies , a great contest arises amongst his wives , in which the ...
... circumstance : for what else could induce this voluntary sacrifice ? It appears almost a matter of certainty that He- 1 " Each person has several wives . If the husband dies , a great contest arises amongst his wives , in which the ...
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... Caspian and Jaxartes . The latter was again subdivided into two parts , by the chain of Imaus , a branch projecting northward from the Indian Caucasus and which subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by EUROPE . 61.
... Caspian and Jaxartes . The latter was again subdivided into two parts , by the chain of Imaus , a branch projecting northward from the Indian Caucasus and which subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by EUROPE . 61.
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James Rennell. subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by the names of Scythia intra , et extra , IMAUM . The Western , or Euxine Scythia , was the one invaded by Darius Hystaspes : on which occasion , the Iönians ...
James Rennell. subdivisions were , from that circumstance , distin- guished by the names of Scythia intra , et extra , IMAUM . The Western , or Euxine Scythia , was the one invaded by Darius Hystaspes : on which occasion , the Iönians ...
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