The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side vii
... carrying Trade . - Amber . - Brought to Greece from the Adriatic . - Mythical Connection of the Eridanus and Amber . - Trade in Eu- rope . - Conclusion - 93 CHAP . X. MYTHIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN ...
... carrying Trade . - Amber . - Brought to Greece from the Adriatic . - Mythical Connection of the Eridanus and Amber . - Trade in Eu- rope . - Conclusion - 93 CHAP . X. MYTHIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE HINDOOS , AND ITS CONNECTION WITH GRECIAN ...
Side 8
... carried away by the Phoenicians . Europa was then taken off from Tyre by the Cretans : Jason eloped with Medea ; and when her father , the king of Colchis , demanded compensation , it was refused , says the historian , be- cause the ...
... carried away by the Phoenicians . Europa was then taken off from Tyre by the Cretans : Jason eloped with Medea ; and when her father , the king of Colchis , demanded compensation , it was refused , says the historian , be- cause the ...
Side 15
... carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of time , be , or appear to be , a fable , is not less to be expected . A due mixture of ...
... carry off the king's daughter is consistent with the manners of the age ; that the proposed object of the enterprise should , at this distance of time , be , or appear to be , a fable , is not less to be expected . A due mixture of ...
Side 22
... carry men , but when yoked to carriages were remarkably swift . This answers the description of the Swe- dish ponies , which are still found wild in the woods of Goth- land . The islands in the Gulf of Venice have also preserved the ...
... carry men , but when yoked to carriages were remarkably swift . This answers the description of the Swe- dish ponies , which are still found wild in the woods of Goth- land . The islands in the Gulf of Venice have also preserved the ...
Side 27
... carried off . This story was afterwards repeated by every Greek who visited the East , and is perhaps a popular Persian tale . The Arabian travellers related it in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; and even in the sixteenth century ...
... carried off . This story was afterwards repeated by every Greek who visited the East , and is perhaps a popular Persian tale . The Arabian travellers related it in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; and even in the sixteenth century ...
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