The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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... which cannot be forced into a correspondence with the knowledge of the present day . The author of the Argonautics makes the Tanais and the Phasis branches of the Araxes ; an error of such 16 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
... which cannot be forced into a correspondence with the knowledge of the present day . The author of the Argonautics makes the Tanais and the Phasis branches of the Araxes ; an error of such 16 BOOK I. GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENTS .
Side 18
... Tanais , the sources of which were still unknown . Pindar dares even to transport the Argonauts to the Erythræan or Southern Ocean ; and as he had no knowledge , probably , of the Arabian Gulf , he lets them reach the Mediterranean by ...
... Tanais , the sources of which were still unknown . Pindar dares even to transport the Argonauts to the Erythræan or Southern Ocean ; and as he had no knowledge , probably , of the Arabian Gulf , he lets them reach the Mediterranean by ...
Side 21
... Tanais or Don , were attentively surveyed by the inquisitive Grecian . He distinguishes three great hordes : viz . the Royal Scythians , who dwelt on the banks of the Ta- nais ; the Nomadic or wandering Scythians , who spread their ...
... Tanais or Don , were attentively surveyed by the inquisitive Grecian . He distinguishes three great hordes : viz . the Royal Scythians , who dwelt on the banks of the Ta- nais ; the Nomadic or wandering Scythians , who spread their ...
Side 22
... Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an up right and civilized nation , though , as he ...
... Tanais , have probably left their name to the river Yrgis . The Scythians did not appear to the discriminating Greek as barbarians ; on the contrary , he commends them as an up right and civilized nation , though , as he ...
Side 24
... Tanais , and were driven back again . The Thracian goddess Cimméris ‡ might be supposed to be the tutelar deity of the nation ; but these conjectures must not be implicitly adopted . The tribes of the Comari or Comani ( for these names ...
... Tanais , and were driven back again . The Thracian goddess Cimméris ‡ might be supposed to be the tutelar deity of the nation ; but these conjectures must not be implicitly adopted . The tribes of the Comari or Comani ( for these names ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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