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Aetolia
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Aetolia
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Aetolia
Excerpt from Aetolia: Its Geography, Topography, and Antiquities With the exception of Chapters VI, XXI, XXII, and the whole of the Notes, this book is in the main identical with the Essay to which, in 1894, was awarded the Conington Memorial Prize offered in Oxford 'once in every three years for a dissertation... on some subject appertaining to classical learning.' It represents the chief part of my work in Greece during the years 1892 and 1893 as Craven Fellow. It is at first sight somewhat surprising to find that the topography of Aetolia is so little complicated. It presents few great problems. Nor, as a rule, are the ruins themselves attractive. There is little in them to interest the n...
Aetolia
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Aetolia
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Aetolia
Excerpt from Aetolia: Its Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Topography is the foundation of history. No one who has familiarized himself with Attic history in books, and has afterwards ascended Pente licus and seen that history spread forth before him in the valleys and mountains and sea that have moulded it, will ever disbelieve in the value of topography as an aid to history. Yet few that study Greek history, and play the part of examiner or examinee in it, realize what we owe to the greatest of modern topographers, Leake. Who, that goes through the usual course of highest honours in ancient history and literature, ever hears the fame of Leake, or knows that he has done more to make a...
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.
Aetolia
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