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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 16 16 Browse Search
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J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero , Allen and Greenough's Edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero , Allen and Greenough's Edition., Chapter 1 (search)
maximam: the circuit of its walls was about 180 stadia = more than 20 miles. ex omni aditu limits praeclaro ad aspectum. in aedificatione, etc., i.e. enclosed by the buildings of the city. Ancient harbors (as at Athens) were often at a considerable distance from the city. conjunguntur: Ortygia (or Insula), the site of the original town, had an independent harbor on each side connected by a narrow channel. This channel is the exitus mentioned. Hieronis: Hiero II, king of Syracuse (B.C. 270 to about 216), who was during most of his reign a steadfast ally of Rome. Dianae: the quail, o)/rtux (whence the name Ortygia), was sacred to Diana (Artemis). istius, i.e. of Verres. Arethusa: for the myth of Arethusa and Alpheus, see Ovid, Met. 5.573-641; Gayley, Classic Myths. Achradina, the plain and table-land north of Ortygia prytaneum: the building in which the city was conceived to have its home. Here was the hearth, sacred to Vesta, whence colonists carried the sacred f