Lectures on the Geography of GreeceJ. Murray, 1873 - 405 páginas |
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... whole length of the country , from the northernmost corner of Thessaly to Cape Matapan in the south , is comprised within 4 degrees of latitude ; and not only does it contract in breadth as it advances southwards , but everywhere its ...
... whole length of the country , from the northernmost corner of Thessaly to Cape Matapan in the south , is comprised within 4 degrees of latitude ; and not only does it contract in breadth as it advances southwards , but everywhere its ...
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... whole . But when we come to compare Italy and Greece , the cor- respondences are no less striking . We might almost regard the one as a distorted image of the other . In Italy the most salient features are the great northern plain ...
... whole . But when we come to compare Italy and Greece , the cor- respondences are no less striking . We might almost regard the one as a distorted image of the other . In Italy the most salient features are the great northern plain ...
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... whole country seems to culminate . At the same time the differences of the two countries are not less forcibly marked . The comparatively uni- form outline of Italy contrasts strongly with the ex- traordinary multiplicity of form of the ...
... whole country seems to culminate . At the same time the differences of the two countries are not less forcibly marked . The comparatively uni- form outline of Italy contrasts strongly with the ex- traordinary multiplicity of form of the ...
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... whole country in a succession of tours , and after finding out the local guides or cicerones in each place , wrote down a full account of all that was to be seen , together with all the traditional stories . His book , which he calls an ...
... whole country in a succession of tours , and after finding out the local guides or cicerones in each place , wrote down a full account of all that was to be seen , together with all the traditional stories . His book , which he calls an ...
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... whole range of classical authors , and a powerful memory which can reproduce any passage at pleasure ; but , even with all this , it is difficult to understand how , being first in the field , he was able to notice so much , and to draw ...
... whole range of classical authors , and a powerful memory which can reproduce any passage at pleasure ; but , even with all this , it is difficult to understand how , being first in the field , he was able to notice so much , and to draw ...
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Acarnania Achaia Achelous Acropolis Ægean Ætolia Alpheius ancient Arcadia Argolis Argos Athenians Athens Attica Boeotia Bursian called cause chain character coast connected Corinth Corinthian Corinthian gulf Curtius Delphi deme derived descend described district east Elis Epirus epithet etymology Euboea Eurotas famous feet foll geography Geraneia Greek gulf harbour height Hellenic Hercules Herod Herodotus hills History of Greece Homer Ibid inhabitants island isthmus Laconia lake land legends lofty Macedonia Mantineia Megara Messenia modern moun Mount mountains mythology myths names of places natural neighbourhood neighbouring northern noticed numerous Olympus oracle Othrys Parnassus pass passage Paus Pausanias Peloponnese Peneius peninsula Phocis Phthiotis Piræus plain Poseidon position promontory regarded remarkable rise river rock Saronic gulf seen Sicily side signifies soil southern Sparta story Strabo stream summit tains Taygetus Tegea temple Thessaly Thuc Thucydides tion town trace trees valley viii western wind Zeus καὶ τε
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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...