A Classical Dictionary: Containing a Copious Account of All Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors; With the Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used Among the Greeks and Romans; And a Chronolog - Hardcover

John Lemprière

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Excerpt from A Classical Dictionary<br/><br/>For the account of the Roman laws, and for the festivals celebrated by the ancient inhabitants of Greece and Italy, he is articularly indebted to the useful collections of Archbishop Potter, of wyn, and Kennet. In the tables of ancient coins, wei hts, and measures, which he has annexed to the body of the Dictionary, e has followed the learned calculations of Dr. Arbuthnot. The quoted authorities have been careful] y examined, and frequently revised; and, it is ho d, the opinions of mythologists will ap without confusion, and be foun devested of all obscurity....

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