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Classical antiquities; (1843)

Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 58

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ich isTripolitza, the metropolis of the Morea; Megalopolis, near the Helissus, a tributary tothe Alpheus, built by Epaminondas to repress the incursions of the Lacedaemonians.—From the ruins oiPhigalia (Paulitza), in the territory of the Parrhasii, were taken thebas-reliefs called the Phigalian… … 36 CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. boar; M&nalus, sacred to the Muses; Parthenius, where Atalanta resided; Parrha-sius and Lycceus, sacred to Jupiter and Pan. From the hill Nonacris flowed the cele-brated river Styx ; its waters were said to be poisonous. § 124. The south-western division of the…

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