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... Aegina Coin of Miletus . Amazon with the Pelta Lunata and Bipennis ( double axe ) Croesus on the Funeral Pile ' Sardis Page 140 ib . 141 • 160 ib . 161 · 164 4 Bas - relief representation of Cyrus the Great , upon a Square Pillar at ...
... Aegina Coin of Miletus . Amazon with the Pelta Lunata and Bipennis ( double axe ) Croesus on the Funeral Pile ' Sardis Page 140 ib . 141 • 160 ib . 161 · 164 4 Bas - relief representation of Cyrus the Great , upon a Square Pillar at ...
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... Aegina 382 Bacchus and Ariadne , attended Horologium of Andronicus at by Nymphs and Satyrs 527 Athens 394 Central Figures of the Niobe Grove , Altar , and Statue of Group at Florence . 529 Diana 395 A Modeller 532 Female Centaur playing ...
... Aegina 382 Bacchus and Ariadne , attended Horologium of Andronicus at by Nymphs and Satyrs 527 Athens 394 Central Figures of the Niobe Grove , Altar , and Statue of Group at Florence . 529 Diana 395 A Modeller 532 Female Centaur playing ...
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... Aegina , where Aeacus is said to have prevailed on his father Zeus to people the island with a new race , but where , more probably , an Aeolian or Achaean colony from Phthia established itself . Afterwards , however , Aeolian chiefs ...
... Aegina , where Aeacus is said to have prevailed on his father Zeus to people the island with a new race , but where , more probably , an Aeolian or Achaean colony from Phthia established itself . Afterwards , however , Aeolian chiefs ...
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... Aegina , which had hitherto been the seat of an Aeolian population , was likewise transformed into a Dorian island by a colony from Epidaurus . The most important Dorian colonies were those which , in the third generation after the con ...
... Aegina , which had hitherto been the seat of an Aeolian population , was likewise transformed into a Dorian island by a colony from Epidaurus . The most important Dorian colonies were those which , in the third generation after the con ...
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... Aegina , which formed part of his dominions . After his death , Argos seems to have been deserted by its good fortune ; for his conquests were lost , and Sparta ruled over the south of Peloponnesus from the eastern to the western coast ...
... Aegina , which formed part of his dominions . After his death , Argos seems to have been deserted by its good fortune ; for his conquests were lost , and Sparta ruled over the south of Peloponnesus from the eastern to the western coast ...
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