Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece, Volume 1G. Strahan, 1751 |
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... first and moft univerfal Difputes that ever troubled Man- kind ; almost every Nation , whose first Original was not very manifeft , pretending to have been of an equal Duration with the Earth itself . Thus the Egyptians , Scythians ...
... first and moft univerfal Difputes that ever troubled Man- kind ; almost every Nation , whose first Original was not very manifeft , pretending to have been of an equal Duration with the Earth itself . Thus the Egyptians , Scythians ...
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... first Ages of the World , and several Instances there are of it in later Times , especi- ally amongst the Gauls and Scythians , who often left their Native Coun- tries in vaft Bodies , and , like general Inundations , overturn'd all ...
... first Ages of the World , and several Instances there are of it in later Times , especi- ally amongst the Gauls and Scythians , who often left their Native Coun- tries in vaft Bodies , and , like general Inundations , overturn'd all ...
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... first that ga- ther'd together the poor Peasants that lay difperfed here and there in Attica , and having united them into one Body , ( tho ' not into one City , for that was not effected till many Ages after ) conftituted among them ...
... first that ga- ther'd together the poor Peasants that lay difperfed here and there in Attica , and having united them into one Body , ( tho ' not into one City , for that was not effected till many Ages after ) conftituted among them ...
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... first that introduced a Form of Religion , erected Altars in Honour of the Gods , and instructed his People in what Manner they were to worship them . In the Reign of Pandion , the fifth King of Athens , Triptolemus is faid to have ...
... first that introduced a Form of Religion , erected Altars in Honour of the Gods , and instructed his People in what Manner they were to worship them . In the Reign of Pandion , the fifth King of Athens , Triptolemus is faid to have ...
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... First , led thereunto by the Authority of Eufebius , and fome others ) had diftinct Courts of Judicature , and Magiftrates of their own ; and were fo`little subject to their Princes , the Succeffors of Cecrops , that they feldom or ...
... First , led thereunto by the Authority of Eufebius , and fome others ) had diftinct Courts of Judicature , and Magiftrates of their own ; and were fo`little subject to their Princes , the Succeffors of Cecrops , that they feldom or ...
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Page 271 - Byzantian, describes the matter thus : that there were two pillars, on one of which was placed a kettle, upon the other a boy holding in his hand a whip, with lashes of brass, which being by the violence of the wind struck against the kettle, caused a continual sound ; whence came the proverb A4>J«N»i»» ^cXxeitir, m T«» ft(xgoA«yB>T*», or rather «•/ rai jt**xgeAoy»»T«ir, for it was applied to talkative persons.
Page 353 - ... exposed to the wind ; and as many of the letters as remained in their own places were taken up, and being joined together, contained an answer to the question.
Page 339 - If a man sneezed at the table while they were taking away, or if another happened to sneeze upon his left hand, it was unlucky ; if on the right hand, fortunate. If, in the undertaking any business, two or four sneezes happened, it was a lucky omen, and gave encouragement to proceed ; if more than four, the omen was neither good nor bad ; if one or three, it was unlucky, and dehorted them from proceeding in what they had designed. If two men were deliberating about any business, and both of them...
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Page 302 - Such was the soul of Hermodorus the Clazomenian, of which it is reported that for several nights and days it would leave his body, travel over many countries, and return after it had viewed things and discoursed with persons at a great distance ; till at last, by the treachery of his wife, his body was delivered to his enemies, and they burnt the house while the inhabitant was abroad.