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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... proper to state , that I am fully aware much important information has been obtained since it was first published ; and had my Father's health permitted him to superintend a Second Edition , he would have availed himself of it , as no ...
... proper to state , that I am fully aware much important information has been obtained since it was first published ; and had my Father's health permitted him to superintend a Second Edition , he would have availed himself of it , as no ...
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... proper and envied reward of great national ser- vices . May your Lordship's exertions be still crowned with success ; and the period speedily arrive , when those unprincipled men who have shaken the moral and social world to its centre ...
... proper and envied reward of great national ser- vices . May your Lordship's exertions be still crowned with success ; and the period speedily arrive , when those unprincipled men who have shaken the moral and social world to its centre ...
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... proper subject ) , may startle the Public , to whom it is offered . This , however , is the fact . The Author , several years since , undertook the task of correcting the geography , ancient and modern , throughout that part of Asia ...
... proper subject ) , may startle the Public , to whom it is offered . This , however , is the fact . The Author , several years since , undertook the task of correcting the geography , ancient and modern , throughout that part of Asia ...
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... Public . It may be proper to remark , that as the present Volume forms a complete Work of itself , so will each of the succeeding ones , they being no otherwise connected with each other than as being in the xii PREFACE .
... Public . It may be proper to remark , that as the present Volume forms a complete Work of itself , so will each of the succeeding ones , they being no otherwise connected with each other than as being in the xii PREFACE .
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... proper that the reader should know that the Author , being ignorant of the Greek language , could only obtain the knowledge of the TEXT of Herodotus through the medium of translations . The magni- tude of this defect will perhaps be ...
... proper that the reader should know that the Author , being ignorant of the Greek language , could only obtain the knowledge of the TEXT of Herodotus through the medium of translations . The magni- tude of this defect will perhaps be ...
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Agathyrsi Alexander amongst ancient Androphagi appears Arabian Araxes Armenia army Arrian Asia Assyria Author Babylon Bactria borders Borysthenes Bosphorus breadth bricks bridge Budini Caspian sea Clio coast course Cyrus Danube Darius Hystaspes described desert Diodorus distance east eastern eastward Egypt Eratosthenes error Euphrates Europe Euterpe Euxine expedition extended feet geography Gerrhus Greeks gulf Hellespont Herodotus Hypanis idea Imaus India inhabitants islands Issedones Jaxartes journies king known Krimea lake latter length Massagetæ Media Melanchlani Melp Melpom miles modern mountains nations Neuri Nomades Oxus Palus Mæotis parasangas Parthia perhaps Persian Pliny Polym position probable province Ptolemy reckoned remarked respecting river Royal Scythians ruins Satrapy says Scythians ships side situated space speaks stades stadia Strabo strait supposed Susa Syria Tanais Taurus Thalia Thrace Thyssagetæ Tigris tion tract tribes vast vessels western whilst Wolga Xenophon Xerxes