Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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... GREECE , ANCIENT . The name of Gra- cia originated in Italy , and was prob- ably derived from Pelasgian colonies , who , coming from Epirus , and calling themselves Grecians , from Græcus , the son of their ancestor , Thessalus , occa ...
... GREECE , ANCIENT . The name of Gra- cia originated in Italy , and was prob- ably derived from Pelasgian colonies , who , coming from Epirus , and calling themselves Grecians , from Græcus , the son of their ancestor , Thessalus , occa ...
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... Greece , or Hellas ( now Livadia ) , contains , 1. Acar- nania , inhabited by a rough and warlike people , with no remarkable rivers or mountains ; 2. Ætolia ( q . v . ) ; 3. Doris , or Doris Tetrapolis ( formerly Dryopolis ) ; 4 ...
... Greece , or Hellas ( now Livadia ) , contains , 1. Acar- nania , inhabited by a rough and warlike people , with no remarkable rivers or mountains ; 2. Ætolia ( q . v . ) ; 3. Doris , or Doris Tetrapolis ( formerly Dryopolis ) ; 4 ...
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... Greece to arms , as , for instance , the war against Thebes , and the Trojan war , 1200 years B. C. , which lat- ter forms one of the principal epochs in the history of Greece . This war depriv- ed many kingdoms of their princes , and ...
... Greece to arms , as , for instance , the war against Thebes , and the Trojan war , 1200 years B. C. , which lat- ter forms one of the principal epochs in the history of Greece . This war depriv- ed many kingdoms of their princes , and ...
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... Greece Proper . Statuary and painting were in a flourishing condition . The important colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) , in Gaul , and Agrigentum , in Sicily , were founded . Athens was continually ex- tending her commerce , and ...
... Greece Proper . Statuary and painting were in a flourishing condition . The important colonies of Massilia ( Marseilles ) , in Gaul , and Agrigentum , in Sicily , were founded . Athens was continually ex- tending her commerce , and ...
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... Greece , from the 55th to the 124th Olympiad ; and Wachsmuth's Hel- lenische Alterthumskunde ( 1 vol . , Halle , 1826 ) ; also Heeren's Politics of Ancient Greece ( translated , Boston , 1824 ) .- The principal traits in the character ...
... Greece , from the 55th to the 124th Olympiad ; and Wachsmuth's Hel- lenische Alterthumskunde ( 1 vol . , Halle , 1826 ) ; also Heeren's Politics of Ancient Greece ( translated , Boston , 1824 ) .- The principal traits in the character ...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth,Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Affichage du livre entier - 1845 |
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Affichage du livre entier - 1831 |
Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6 Francis Lieber,Edward Wigglesworth Affichage du livre entier - 1838 |
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