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Agallis, of Corcyra, is celebrated for her skill in grammar.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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Agallis, of Corcyra, is celebrated for her skill in grammar.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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To the west of Greece lie the Ionian Islands, the largest of which was called Corcyra, now Corfu.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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-- Poetry! that Proteus-like idea, with as many appellations as the nine-titled Corcyra!
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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In a passage often commented upon, Thucydides wrote of the seesaw battle in Corcyra Corfu in 433 BCE, which prefigured the larger war.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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They had taken possession of Corcyra and were even now laying siege against Potidaea, both Corinthian colonies.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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In a passage often commented upon, Thucydides wrote of the seesaw battle in Corcyra Corfu in 433 BCE, which prefigured the larger war.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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They had taken possession of Corcyra and were even now laying siege against Potidaea, both Corinthian colonies.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Best to Corcyra go for cuttle-fish, for the acarne and the fat sea-skull the purple-fish, the little murex too, mice of the sea and the sea-urchin sweet.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Corcyra, where Poseidon settled the daughter of Asopus, fair-haired
The Argonautica 2008
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