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  • That it was practised in Aethiopia long before the introduction of Judaism or Christianity, Herodot.l. ii. c.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • This, however, does not conclude the story of the Trojan War, which is resumed in the "Aethiopia," in five books, by Arctinus of Miletus.

    The Book of the Epic 1894

  • Impossible books that he craved include "a Sub Marine Herbal, describing the several Vegetables found on the Rocks, Hills, Valleys, Meadows at the bottom of the sea" and "some manuscripts and rarities brought from the libraries of Aethiopia, by Zaga Zaba, and afterwards transported to Rome."

    Longing for Great Lost Works Stephen Marche 2009

  • The disease is said to have begun south of Egypt in Aethiopia; thence it descended into Egypt and Libya, and after spreading over the greater part of the Persian empire, suddenly fell upon Athens.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Aethiopia produces . . . many monstrosities : . . .

    Keep on WMAM in the free world... 2007

  • Special fleets brought home gold and jewels sent overland to the Sinus from Aethiopia and Nubia; the country was too rugged and Nilus too convulsed by cataracts and rapids to use the river.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Aethiopia produces . . . many monstrosities : . . .

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • Special fleets brought home gold and jewels sent overland to the Sinus from Aethiopia and Nubia; the country was too rugged and Nilus too convulsed by cataracts and rapids to use the river.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Memnon came from Aethiopia, a place thought of by the Greeks in various and sometimes vague ways.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Memnon Mythical figure, prince of Aethiopia possibly Nubia and kinsman of Priam who brings contingent to fight for Troy.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

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