A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of AntiquityHeeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)
History
A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity
Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)
Geography, Ancient; History, Ancient
1. Islands off the coasts. Off the west coast in the Ionian sea:
Corcyra, opposite Epirus, 32 geog. miles long, from 8-16 broad. City:
Corcyra. A Corinthian colony. Opposite Acarnania; Leucadia, with the
city and headland of Leucas.--Cephalonia or Same, originally Scheria,
with the cities of Same and Cephalonia. In the neighbourhood lies the
small island of Ithaca.--Opposite Elis: Zacynthus. Off the south coast:
Cythera, with a town of the same name. Off the east coast, in the
Saronic gulf: Aegina and Salamis. Opposite Boeotia, from which it is
separated by the strait named Euripus, Euboea, the most extensive of
all; 76 geog. miles long, from 12-16 geog. miles broad. Cities: Oreus,
with the headland of Artemisium on the north, in the centre Chalcis,
Eretria. Off Thessaly, Scyathus and Halonesus. Farther north, Thasus,
Imbrus, Samothrace, and Lemnos.
2. Clusters of islands in the Aegaean sea: the Cyclades and Sporades; the
former of which comprise the western, the latter the eastern islands of
the Archipelago. The most important among them are, Andros, Delos,
Paros, Naxos, Melos, all with cities of the same names.
3. The more extensive separate islands: 1. Crete, 140 geog. miles long,
from 24-40 broad. Mountain: Ida. Cities: Cydonia, Gortyna, Cnossus. 2.
Cyprus, 120 geog. miles long, from 20-80 broad. Cities: Salamis, Paphos,
Citium, and several smaller places.
Concerning the principal Greek islands off the coast of Asia
Minor, see above, p. 18.
# FR. CARL. HERM. KRUSE, _Geographico-Antiquarian delineation
of ancient Greece and its colonies, with reference to modern
discoveries_. Illustrated with maps and plates: first part, 1825.
General Geography: second part, first division, 1826. Second
division, 1827. Special Geography of Central Greece. A most minute
and careful description of Greece, founded on modern discoveries.
FIRST PERIOD.
_The most ancient traditional history, down to the Trojan war,
about B. C. 1200._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account