This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images,
or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the
original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Not
illustrated. Excerpt: ... Acampsis, river, 114 Acesines, river, 138
Acrocorinth, the, measurement of the height of, 337 Actae of
Herodotus, 83; compared with the 'sphragides' of Erato- sthenes,
181 Aden, 276 Adramyttium, the same name as Ha- drumetum, 5 Adulis,
port of Auxuma, 274 Aegean Sea, Phoenician settlements in the, 5
Aeneas Tacticus, on signalling sta- tions, 332; his method of
signal- ing. 334 Aeschylus, on the boundary between Europe and
Asia, 68; on the meaning of the name Rhegium, 197; his description
of the fire- beacons, 328 Aethale (Elba), 73 Aethiopia, expedition
of Petronius into, 224; gold-mines of, 186; Auxuma the capital of,
274; expe- ditions of Septimius Flaccus and Julius Maternus into,
353 Aethiopians, meaning of the name, 26; mentioned in the Iliad,
26; more definitely in the Odyssey, 27; in Herodotus, 93, 96; in
Agathar- chides, 204 Aetna, the poem of, 321 Africa, described by
Herodotus, 94-- 7; its northern coast, 94; its inte- rior, 95--7;
believed to have been circumnavigated, 99; its southward projection
unknown to Eratosthe- nes, 182; and to Strabo, 250; noticed in the
' Periplus Maris Ery- thraei', 275; and by I'lolemy, 345; Africa
described by Dionysius Pe- riegetes, 283; later errors about, 367
Agatharchides, his work on the Ery- thraean Sea, 185; on the inun-
dation of the Nile, 63; on the Aethiopian gold-mines, 186--8; on
the fauna of Aethiopia, 201; on the Ichthyophagi, 203; on the
Aethiopian tribes, 204 Agathodaemon, 345 Agathyrsi, 86 Agisymba,
353 Agricola, his campaigns in Britain, 287; his chain of forts,
288; his expedition to the Orcades, 288 Agrigentum, 54; described
by Poly- blUS, 212 Agrippa, his wall-map, 236; the ori- ginal
source of the Itineraries, 306; his roads in Gaul, 236 Alans, first
mentioned by Dionysius Periegetes, 284 ...
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