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Page 532 - PAUSANIAS : DESCRIPTION OF GREECE. WHS Jones. 5 Vols. and Companion Vol. (Vols. I. and III.
Page 533 - ISOCRATES. George Norlin and LaRue Van Hook. 3 Vols. ST. JOHN DAMASCENE: BARLAAM AND IOASAPH. Rev. GR Woodward and Harold Mattingly.
Page 533 - DEMOSTHENES, OLYNTHIACS, PHILIPPICS, LEPTINES AND MINOR SPEECHES. JH Vince. DEMOSTHENES, MEIDIAS, ANDROTION, ARISTOCRATES, TIMOCRATES. JH Vince. DEMOSTHENES, PRIVATE ORATIONS. GM Calhoun. DIO CHRYSOSTOM.
Page 533 - THEOPHRASTUS: ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS. Sir Arthur Hort, Bart. 2 Vols. THUCYDIDES. CF Smith. 4 Vols. TRYPHIODORUS. Cf. OPPIAN. XENOPHON: CYROPAEDIA. Walter Miller. 2 Vols. XENOPHON: HELLENICA, ANABASIS, APOLOGY, and SYMPOSIUM. CL Brownson and OJ Todd. 3 Vols. XENOPHON : MEMORABILIA and OECONOMICUS.
Page 209 - It is said that in their country gold is carried down by the mountaintorrents, and that the barbarians obtain it by means of perforated troughs and fleecy skins, and that this is the origin of the myth of the golden fleece...
Page 53 - But the mighty Earthshaker held no blind watch, who sat and marvelled on the war and strife, high on the topmost crest of wooded Samothrace, for thence all Ida was plain to see ; and plain to see were the city of Priam, and the ships of the Achaians.
Page 231 - For instance, who could believe that an army of women, or a city, or a tribe, could ever be organised without men, and not only be organised, but even make inroads upon the territory of other people, and not only overpower the peoples near them to the extent of advancing as far as what is now Ionia, but even send an expedition across the sea as far as Attica ? For this is the same as saying that the men of those times were women and that the women were men.
Page 533 - PLATO: LACHES, PROTAGORAS, MENO, EUTHYDEMUS. WRM Lamb. PLATO: LAWS. Rev. RG Bury. 2 Vols. PLATO: LYSIS, SYMPOSIUM, GORGIAS. WRM Lamb. PLATO: REPUBLIC.
Page 427 - Now Comana is a populous city and is a notable emporium for the people from Armenia; and at the time of the "exoduses" (solemn processions) of the goddess people assemble there from everywhere, from both the cities and the country, men together with women, to attend the festival. And there are certain others, also, who in accordance with a vow are always residing there, performing sacrifices in honour of the goddess . . . and...
Page 253 - and " Emoda " and " Imaus " ; and other such names were applied to separate parts. 2. On the left and opposite these peoples are situated the Scythian or nomadic tribes, which cover the whole of the northern side. Now the greater part of the Scythians, beginning at the Caspian Sea, are called Daae, but those who are situated more to 1 11. 7. 1. 1 ie the "natives,