A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography |
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according Africa afterwards Alexander Alps ancient Antiochus Antony Apollo Argos army Artemis Asia Minor Athenian Athens Attica Augustus battle became best edition Boeotia brother Caesar called Caria Carthaginians celebrated chief Cicero Cilicia Claudius coast colony command consul consulship daughter defeated Demetrius Dict died Dionysius district Egypt emperor empire Epirus Euboea extant father flourished formed founded Gallia Gaul goddess Greece Greek gulf harbour hence Hera Hercules hero Hispania Hispania Tarraconensis Homer honour inhabitants Ionian island Italy killed king later Latin Latium lived Macedonia married mother mountains murdered native orator originally Parthians Peloponnesus Persian philosopher Phocis Phrygia poems poet Pompey Poseidon possession praetor probably promontory province Ptolemy Punic put to death reign river Roman Rome senate sent Sicily slain Spain Sparta stadia succeeded surname Syracuse Syria temple Thebes Thessaly Thrace Tiberius took town tribes Trojan Troy whence wife worship writers wrote Zeus