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... . we learn that they bore two warriors , of whom , contrary to the Greek custom , honestior auriga ; but this seems inconsistent with Cæsar's account , B 6 HISTORIE BRITANNICE . 11 legiones duas. In the time of Cæsar the ancient ...
... . we learn that they bore two warriors , of whom , contrary to the Greek custom , honestior auriga ; but this seems inconsistent with Cæsar's account , B 6 HISTORIE BRITANNICE . 11 legiones duas. In the time of Cæsar the ancient ...
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... Greek Spùs , an oak , on account of the reverence paid to that tree in their worship . Others from Druyus , a king of Gaul . procurare signifies to take charge of any business for another ; to act as vicar or deputy ; which was ...
... Greek Spùs , an oak , on account of the reverence paid to that tree in their worship . Others from Druyus , a king of Gaul . procurare signifies to take charge of any business for another ; to act as vicar or deputy ; which was ...
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... Greek alphabet , not the Greek language . So in lib . i . c . 29. , we read : " In castris Helvetiorum tabulæ repertæ sunt litteris Græcis confecta et ad Cæsarem perlate . " And again , concerning the letter sent to Cicero , Cæsar says ...
... Greek alphabet , not the Greek language . So in lib . i . c . 29. , we read : " In castris Helvetiorum tabulæ repertæ sunt litteris Græcis confecta et ad Cæsarem perlate . " And again , concerning the letter sent to Cicero , Cæsar says ...
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... Greeks Hermes , and sup- posed to be the same with Woden . The attributes here ascribed to him coincide with those assigned to him by the Greeks and Romans . In Greek he is called έvódios , Kεpdãos , & c . Compare also Hor . Od . I. 10 ...
... Greeks Hermes , and sup- posed to be the same with Woden . The attributes here ascribed to him coincide with those assigned to him by the Greeks and Romans . In Greek he is called έvódios , Kεpdãos , & c . Compare also Hor . Od . I. 10 ...
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... Greeks . 20. commodiùs , more cleverly ; i . e . than their neighbours . sanctum is the same as sancitum , pass . part of sancio . de summis rebus , concerning matters of the highest import . ex usu , equivalent to the adjective utilia ...
... Greeks . 20. commodiùs , more cleverly ; i . e . than their neighbours . sanctum is the same as sancitum , pass . part of sancio . de summis rebus , concerning matters of the highest import . ex usu , equivalent to the adjective utilia ...
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