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... side . Kithairon , the easternmost of these mountains , forms with Parnes , from which it is separated by the pass of Phylê , the northern wall of Attica which stretches from the Corinthian gulf to the headland of Rhamnous , and rises ...
... side . Kithairon , the easternmost of these mountains , forms with Parnes , from which it is separated by the pass of Phylê , the northern wall of Attica which stretches from the Corinthian gulf to the headland of Rhamnous , and rises ...
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... side , and the splendidly fertile plains of Messenia on the other . In a parallel line about thirty miles to the east of Taygetos , another range , under the names of Parnon , Thornax , and Zarex , shuts off a strip of land more nearly ...
... side , and the splendidly fertile plains of Messenia on the other . In a parallel line about thirty miles to the east of Taygetos , another range , under the names of Parnon , Thornax , and Zarex , shuts off a strip of land more nearly ...
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... side which held the ground , and the controversy ended in a battle which rendered the previous duel superfluous . The countrymen of Othryades were again conquerors ; but Oth- ryades , ashamed to return to Sparta as the sole survivor of ...
... side which held the ground , and the controversy ended in a battle which rendered the previous duel superfluous . The countrymen of Othryades were again conquerors ; but Oth- ryades , ashamed to return to Sparta as the sole survivor of ...
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... side of the mountain range which forms its backbone magnificent forests rose above valleys of marvellous fertility , and pastures green in the depth of summer sloped down to plains which received the flocks and herds on the approach of ...
... side of the mountain range which forms its backbone magnificent forests rose above valleys of marvellous fertility , and pastures green in the depth of summer sloped down to plains which received the flocks and herds on the approach of ...
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... side a few heads of families who might in the strictest sense of the term be spoken of as despots , and on the other the dependents who trembled before them but who were suffered to draw their livelihood from the soil on condition of ...
... side a few heads of families who might in the strictest sense of the term be spoken of as despots , and on the other the dependents who trembled before them but who were suffered to draw their livelihood from the soil on condition of ...
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