Lectures on the Geography of GreeceJ. Murray, 1873 - 405 páginas |
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... connected with the usual studies . On being requested to lecture on Greek Geography , the Author set himself to ... connection of the geo- graphy and the history , starting from the geographical point of view : ( 4 ) to draw attention to ...
... connected with the usual studies . On being requested to lecture on Greek Geography , the Author set himself to ... connection of the geo- graphy and the history , starting from the geographical point of view : ( 4 ) to draw attention to ...
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... connection . The fourth mainly comprises two points - the connection of the geo- graphy and the mythology , and the etymology of Greek names of places : these questions , which may be made to yield considerable results , have been ...
... connection . The fourth mainly comprises two points - the connection of the geo- graphy and the mythology , and the etymology of Greek names of places : these questions , which may be made to yield considerable results , have been ...
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... connected with Fountains - Lakes with no Outlet - Drainage of the Plains -Subterranean Passages or Catavothras - Famous Caverns- Waterfall of the Styx - Gorges - The Acheron - Vale of Tempe . Pages 80-122 LECTURE IV . PHYSICAL ...
... connected with Fountains - Lakes with no Outlet - Drainage of the Plains -Subterranean Passages or Catavothras - Famous Caverns- Waterfall of the Styx - Gorges - The Acheron - Vale of Tempe . Pages 80-122 LECTURE IV . PHYSICAL ...
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... and Mantineia - Character of the Inhabitants - Argolis - Import- ance of the Argive Plain - Upland Region of Nemea - Sanctuary of Esculapius 259-297 LECTURE IX . ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GREEK GEOGRAPHY AND CONTENTS . XV.
... and Mantineia - Character of the Inhabitants - Argolis - Import- ance of the Argive Plain - Upland Region of Nemea - Sanctuary of Esculapius 259-297 LECTURE IX . ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GREEK GEOGRAPHY AND CONTENTS . XV.
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Henry Fanshawe Tozer. LECTURE IX . ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GREEK GEOGRAPHY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY . Origin of Greek Myths - Greece suitable for Polytheism — Myths connected with the Geography - Local Myths of Thessaly- Sacred Centres of ...
Henry Fanshawe Tozer. LECTURE IX . ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GREEK GEOGRAPHY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY . Origin of Greek Myths - Greece suitable for Polytheism — Myths connected with the Geography - Local Myths of Thessaly- Sacred Centres of ...
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Página 166 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 176 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Página 169 - Proclaim thee Nature's varied favourite now: Thy fanes, thy temples to thy surface bow, Commingling slowly with heroic earth, Broke by the share of every rustic plough...
Página 136 - Of goats are blown to inclose the hoarded wines. The mountain yet retains a mountain's face, And gathered rubbish heals the hollow space. Of many wonders, which I heard or knew, Retrenching most, I will relate but few. What, are not springs with qualities...
Página 166 - The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not. now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon...
Página 166 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed!
Página 136 - Liberiore frui caelo, cum carcere rima Nulla foret toto nee pervia flatibus esset, Extentam tumefecit humum, ceu spiritus oris Tendere vesicam solet aut derepta bicorni 300 Terga capro. Tumor ille loci permansit et alti Collis habet speciem longoque induruit aevo.
Página 170 - the flood of fire in which the marble columns, the mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated", and of "the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing furnace of the rock of Lycabettus and the rosy pyramid of Pentelicus".
Página 85 - Clatter'd in conflict ; loud the clamour rose. Then rose too mingled shouts and groans of men Slaying and slain ; the earth ran red with blood. As when, descending from the mountain's brow, Two wintry torrents, from their copious source Pour downward to the narrow pass, where meet Their mingled waters in some deep ravine, Their weight of flood ; on the far mountain's side The shepherd hears the roar ; so loud arose The shouts and yells of those commingling hosts.
Página 136 - Tnezen stands a hill, exposed in air To winter winds, of leafy shadows bare : This once was level ground : but (strange to tell) Th...