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... ruins of Alexandria Troas , the city founded by Alexander the Great to recall his visit to Troy ; but most travellers , like Thomas Coryate in 1612 , took them for the ruins of Troy . ( See my Literary Companion to Travel in Greece ...
... ruins of Alexandria Troas , the city founded by Alexander the Great to recall his visit to Troy ; but most travellers , like Thomas Coryate in 1612 , took them for the ruins of Troy . ( See my Literary Companion to Travel in Greece ...
Page 161
... ruins of which answer completely the question ( of the site of ancient Pterium ) . Since that time the obscure Turkish village has become famous among the learned ; its ruins have been visited by a great number of travellers , many ...
... ruins of which answer completely the question ( of the site of ancient Pterium ) . Since that time the obscure Turkish village has become famous among the learned ; its ruins have been visited by a great number of travellers , many ...
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... ruins . A vast mass of ruins occupies the ancient town of Corycus of Cilicia Tracheia , the name of which is still retained in Korgos . Near it was the Corycian cavern , better known as the Cilician cave of Pindar and Æschylus and the ...
... ruins . A vast mass of ruins occupies the ancient town of Corycus of Cilicia Tracheia , the name of which is still retained in Korgos . Near it was the Corycian cavern , better known as the Cilician cave of Pindar and Æschylus and the ...
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