Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page viii
... Syracusan Festival - Visit to Neapolis - Lautomia called " Il Paradiso " — Ear of Dionysius - Character of that Prince misrepresented by the Ancients - Great Theatre -Street of the Tombs - Tomb of Archimedes - Ancient Aqueduct ...
... Syracusan Festival - Visit to Neapolis - Lautomia called " Il Paradiso " — Ear of Dionysius - Character of that Prince misrepresented by the Ancients - Great Theatre -Street of the Tombs - Tomb of Archimedes - Ancient Aqueduct ...
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... Syracusans : could their former pa- troness , the Diana Erpa , have done more than this ? The castle has been since ... Syracusan nobles , suspected of treason , into this fortress , and treacherously mur- dered them all during the ...
... Syracusans : could their former pa- troness , the Diana Erpa , have done more than this ? The castle has been since ... Syracusan nobles , suspected of treason , into this fortress , and treacherously mur- dered them all during the ...
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... Syracusan citizen to dwell within its wallst . From the Castello di Maniace , I followed the course of the ramparts ... Syracusa , habitare in eâ parte urbis , quæ Insula est , Syracusanum neminem voluit . " Cic . Act . in Ver . ii . 1 ...
... Syracusan citizen to dwell within its wallst . From the Castello di Maniace , I followed the course of the ramparts ... Syracusa , habitare in eâ parte urbis , quæ Insula est , Syracusanum neminem voluit . " Cic . Act . in Ver . ii . 1 ...
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... Syracusan damsels there related : but the ancient sculptors , when they represented the goddess under this title , always turned the head gracefully behind , as if to indicate the origin of the appellation . There is a greater chance of ...
... Syracusan damsels there related : but the ancient sculptors , when they represented the goddess under this title , always turned the head gracefully behind , as if to indicate the origin of the appellation . There is a greater chance of ...
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... Syracusan people after the expulsion of Thrasybulus * , are the only fragments in the museum ( for there is not one entire statue ) which are worthy of notice . Extensive excavations , promoted either by spirited individuals , or by a ...
... Syracusan people after the expulsion of Thrasybulus * , are the only fragments in the museum ( for there is not one entire statue ) which are worthy of notice . Extensive excavations , promoted either by spirited individuals , or by a ...
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