The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 1Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... chariot - races Of the honours and rewards granted to the victors Introduction . 1 24 27 ib . 29 30 34 37 46 50 52 54 55 56 ib . 57 58 59 ib . 63 66 Of the prizes of wit , and the shows and representations of the theatre Extraordinary ...
... chariot - races Of the honours and rewards granted to the victors Introduction . 1 24 27 ib . 29 30 34 37 46 50 52 54 55 56 ib . 57 58 59 ib . 63 66 Of the prizes of wit , and the shows and representations of the theatre Extraordinary ...
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... chariot slowly drawn by oxen , and followed by great numbers of the Athenian women . They all carried mysterious baskets in their hands , filled with several things , which they took great care to conceal , and covered with a veil of ...
... chariot slowly drawn by oxen , and followed by great numbers of the Athenian women . They all carried mysterious baskets in their hands , filled with several things , which they took great care to conceal , and covered with a veil of ...
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... chariots , and statues of gold and silver of all sizes , equally infinite in number and value . The presents of gold which Croesus alone made to this temple , amounted according to Herodotus ; to upwards of two hundred and fifty - four ...
... chariots , and statues of gold and silver of all sizes , equally infinite in number and value . The presents of gold which Croesus alone made to this temple , amounted according to Herodotus ; to upwards of two hundred and fifty - four ...
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... chariot behind , while the coachman whipt his horses in vain to make them go forward . Darius Nothus , king of Persia , hearing of his prodigious strength , was desirous of seeing him , and invited him to Susa . Three soldiers of that ...
... chariot behind , while the coachman whipt his horses in vain to make them go forward . Darius Nothus , king of Persia , hearing of his prodigious strength , was desirous of seeing him , and invited him to Susa . Three soldiers of that ...
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... chariots and horses they were to run several times round it without stopping , and after- wards conclude the race by regaining the other extremity of the lists , from whence they started . There were three kinds of races , the chariot ...
... chariots and horses they were to run several times round it without stopping , and after- wards conclude the race by regaining the other extremity of the lists , from whence they started . There were three kinds of races , the chariot ...
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