Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Volume 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake B.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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... Thessaly ( q . v . ) ( now Janna ) ; 2. Epi- rus ( q . v . ) ( now Albania ) ; 3. Macedonia ( now Macedonia , or Filiba - Vilajeti ) , ac- counted a part of Greece from the time of Philip and Alexander , and making a link in the chain ...
... Thessaly ( q . v . ) ( now Janna ) ; 2. Epi- rus ( q . v . ) ( now Albania ) ; 3. Macedonia ( now Macedonia , or Filiba - Vilajeti ) , ac- counted a part of Greece from the time of Philip and Alexander , and making a link in the chain ...
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... Thessaly was a fruitful and well watered country , and produced the finest horses . Boeotia was likewise fruit- ful , and abounded in fine herds of cattle . The soil of Locris was moderately good ; that of Doris was more fruitful , and ...
... Thessaly was a fruitful and well watered country , and produced the finest horses . Boeotia was likewise fruit- ful , and abounded in fine herds of cattle . The soil of Locris was moderately good ; that of Doris was more fruitful , and ...
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... Thessaly , and also from Thessalus and Græcus ( the sons of Pelas- gus ) , and others . Deucalion's flood , 1514 B. C. , and the emigration of a new peo- ple from Asia , the Hellenes , produced great changes . The Hellenes spread them ...
... Thessaly , and also from Thessalus and Græcus ( the sons of Pelas- gus ) , and others . Deucalion's flood , 1514 B. C. , and the emigration of a new peo- ple from Asia , the Hellenes , produced great changes . The Hellenes spread them ...
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... Thessaly . But the Etolians under Rhangos , and the Acar- naniaus under the brothers Hyscus , obliged the Turks to shut themselves up in Arta , and made themselves masters of Salona . Ulysses put himself at the head of some Armatolics ...
... Thessaly . But the Etolians under Rhangos , and the Acar- naniaus under the brothers Hyscus , obliged the Turks to shut themselves up in Arta , and made themselves masters of Salona . Ulysses put himself at the head of some Armatolics ...
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... Thessaly , and somewhat later also in Attica . Prince Mavrocordato received the chief command in the Albanian provinces . They final- ly sent prince Cantacuzeno to the empe- ror Alexander , to implore his assistance ; but the prince ...
... Thessaly , and somewhat later also in Attica . Prince Mavrocordato received the chief command in the Albanian provinces . They final- ly sent prince Cantacuzeno to the empe- ror Alexander , to implore his assistance ; but the prince ...
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