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  • Lacedaemonian garrisons had been placed in Sidus and Crommyon by Praxitas when he took these fortresses, and again in Oenoe, when Peiraeum was taken quite lately by Agesilaus.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Polyb. _ 13, 1, uses similar language of Claudius, 'Sidus hoc, quod praecipitato in profundum et demerso in tenebras orbi refulsit, semper luceat.'

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Sidus, and suffragan to Cæsarea; there is record also of Barachius in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • During his residence at Bonn he published, in 1668, a poem of slight poetic value entitled: "Crinitum poli Sidus."

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • The point is that Dickens depicts no "state of society" that ever existed, except in the _Dickensium Sidus_.

    The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

  • But some nefarious autograph-hunter has abstracted one of the greatest treasures, the book contained – the signature of the discoverer of the Georgium Sidus.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Lacedaemonian garrisons had been placed in Sidus and Crommyon by Praxitas when he took these fortresses, and again in Oenoe, when Peiraeum was taken quite lately by Agesilaus.

    Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • This done, he put himself at the head of his troops and advanced on the road to Megara, taking by assault, first Sidus and next Crommyon.

    Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • Sidus_, in honor of his king; but there were too many names of the gods in the sky to allow a mortal name to be placed among them.

    Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Henry White Warren 1871

  • Herschel named the planet "Georgium Sidus" after his royal patron, King George III.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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