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Excerpt from A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Based on the Larger Dictionaries Acoetes (altair-m), a poor Maeonian (ly dian), or Tyrrhenian, who served as pilot in a ship. The sailors, landing at the island of Ceos, brought with them on board a beautiful boy asleep, whom they wished to take with them; but Acoetes, who recognised in the boy the god Bacchus, dissuaded them from it, but in vain. When the ship had reached the open sea the boy awoke, and desired to be carried to Naxos, his native island. The sailors promised to do so, but did not keep their word; where upon the god disclosed himself in his majesty; vines began to twine round the vessel, tigers appeared; and the sailors, seized with madness, jumped into the sea, and were changed into dolphins. Acoetes alone was saved and conveyed to Naxos, where he was initiated in the Bacchic mysteries. This is the tale related by Bacchus himself, in the form of Acostes, to Pentheus (met. 111. 582 The story is founded on the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography: Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Obuigriaphy, Mythology; arid} Geography), which should by its size and price be Oacceaible to all students, iiiid present in a brief and convenient form the latest and most reliable results in these depmeuts. The plan and detail of the work are 'stated at length in the prefacemf'tlie English editor, subjoined to this, on p. Xiii. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Abridged From the Larger Dictionary Abae -arum), an ancient town of Phocis, on the boundaries of Boeotia; celebrated for an ancient temple and oracle of Apollo, who hence derived t e surname of Abacus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...Maresa, Marescha (Mapijo-i. Mapuri, Mapiaai, Mapeoxt: prob. Ru. S. E. of Beit Jibrin an ancient fortress of Palestine, in the S. of Judaea, of some importance in the history of the early kings of Judah and of the Maccabees. The Parthians had destroyed it before the time of Eusebius; and it is probable that its ruins contributed to the erection of the city of Eleutheropolis (BeitJibrin), which was afterwards built on the site of the ancient Baetogabra, 2 Roman miles N.W. of Maresa. Marescha. maresa. Margiana (tj Mapytavfi: the S. part of Khiva, S.W. part of Bokliara, and N. E. part of Khorassan), a province of the ancient Persian empire, and afterwards of the Greco-Syrian, Parthian, and Persian kingdoms, in Central Asia, N. of the mountains called Sariphi (Ghoor), a part of the chain of the Indian Caucasus, which divided it from Aria; And bounded on the E. by Bactriana, on the N. E. and N. by the river Oxus, which divided it from Sogdiana and Scythia, and on the W. by Hyrcania. It received its name from the river Margus (Moorgliab), which flows through it, from S. E. to N.W., and is lost in the sands of the Desert of Khiva. On this river, near its termination, stood the capital of the district, Antiochia Margiana (A/era). With the exception of the districts round this and the minor rivers, which produced excellent wine, the country was for the most part a sandy desert. Its chief inhabitants were the Derbices, Pami, Tapuri, and branches of the great tribes of the Massagetae, Dahae, and Mardi. The country became known to the Greeks by the expeditions of Alexander and Antiochus I., the first of whom founded, and the second rebuilt, Antiochia; and the Romans of the age of Augustus obtained further information about it from the returned...

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