Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. ciltArchibald Constable, 1823 |
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Sayfa 11
... Ancient Geography , a river of Mysia Mi- nor , famous for Hylas the favourite boy of Hercules , who was carried down the stream and drowned . It is said to run by Prusa ; whence it seems to be the same with the Rhyndacus , which runs ...
... Ancient Geography , a river of Mysia Mi- nor , famous for Hylas the favourite boy of Hercules , who was carried down the stream and drowned . It is said to run by Prusa ; whence it seems to be the same with the Rhyndacus , which runs ...
Sayfa 15
... Ancient Geography . The ancients denominated those people and places Hyperborean which were to the northward of the Scy- thians . They had but very little acquaintance with these Hyperborean regions ; and all they tell us of them is ...
... Ancient Geography . The ancients denominated those people and places Hyperborean which were to the northward of the Scy- thians . They had but very little acquaintance with these Hyperborean regions ; and all they tell us of them is ...
Sayfa 16
... Ancient Geography , the seat of the Phæacians near the Cyclops , ( Homer ) : some commen- tators take it to be Camarina in Sicily ; but , according to others , it is supposed to be an adjoining island , which they take to be Malta ...
... Ancient Geography , the seat of the Phæacians near the Cyclops , ( Homer ) : some commen- tators take it to be Camarina in Sicily ; but , according to others , it is supposed to be an adjoining island , which they take to be Malta ...
Sayfa 17
... ancient standing in the church . St Cyril repeats it several times , as also the phrase union according to hypostasis . The first time it occurs is in a letter from that father to Nestorius , where he uses it instead of gorawer , the ...
... ancient standing in the church . St Cyril repeats it several times , as also the phrase union according to hypostasis . The first time it occurs is in a letter from that father to Nestorius , where he uses it instead of gorawer , the ...
Sayfa 18
... Ancient Geography , a country of the farther Asia , lying to the south - east of the Mare Hyrcanum or Caspium ; with Media on the west , Par- thia on the south , and Margiana on the east . Famous for its tygers ( Virgil ) ; for its ...
... Ancient Geography , a country of the farther Asia , lying to the south - east of the Mare Hyrcanum or Caspium ; with Media on the west , Par- thia on the south , and Margiana on the east . Famous for its tygers ( Virgil ) ; for its ...
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