Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 445
Tene was the biith-jilace ofEratosthenes the founder of astronomy,Callimachus the poet, and of the philo-sopher Carneades, the founder of theNew Academy at Athens, 213 B.C. Notrace of their writings was found. Withthe recent discoveries of papyri in theFayum by Grenfell and Hunt, andPetries finds… … -Cyrene. AJarble Statue of Apollo (British Museum.) expected, in a countrythis sort should havecoverers of 1860 didnot know of thepossibility of suchdiscoveries. It is very probablethat a rich harvest ofsuch relics may befound yet in the vastcemetery of Cyrene,which covers more thana square mile of…
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