The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1833 |
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Side 4
... extended into Mœsia . In like manner the Thracians may have owed their origin to Tiras . Ashkenaz , the son of Gomer , is thought to be that Ascanius whose name so frequently occurs in the ancient topography of Phrygia , and from whom ...
... extended into Mœsia . In like manner the Thracians may have owed their origin to Tiras . Ashkenaz , the son of Gomer , is thought to be that Ascanius whose name so frequently occurs in the ancient topography of Phrygia , and from whom ...
Side 5
... extend to the confines of India is evident from the gloss which he adds , " a mountain of the East , " which is , in fact , the signification of the word . Sephar is applied in gen- eral to the East , while Ophir , on the other hand ...
... extend to the confines of India is evident from the gloss which he adds , " a mountain of the East , " which is , in fact , the signification of the word . Sephar is applied in gen- eral to the East , while Ophir , on the other hand ...
Side 6
... extended beyond the Caucasus ; and in the north- east it was confined within equally narrow limits . The Chal- dæans , who appear to have descended from the further shores of the Caspian Sea , are described by the prophet Jeremiah as ...
... extended beyond the Caucasus ; and in the north- east it was confined within equally narrow limits . The Chal- dæans , who appear to have descended from the further shores of the Caspian Sea , are described by the prophet Jeremiah as ...
Side 13
... extended westward beyond Greece ; but Hesiod , who lived perhaps a century later ( 750 B. C. ) , surprises us by his mention of " King Latin- us , who ruled over all the Tyrseni . " His acquaintance with the west , indeed , appears to ...
... extended westward beyond Greece ; but Hesiod , who lived perhaps a century later ( 750 B. C. ) , surprises us by his mention of " King Latin- us , who ruled over all the Tyrseni . " His acquaintance with the west , indeed , appears to ...
Side 15
... extend- ed his wanderings into a quarter where the ignorance of the age opposed no obstacles to fiction , and succeeding ages were taught to believe that the Argonauts returned to Greece , not by the Hellespont , but through the ocean ...
... extend- ed his wanderings into a quarter where the ignorance of the age opposed no obstacles to fiction , and succeeding ages were taught to believe that the Argonauts returned to Greece , not by the Hellespont , but through the ocean ...
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