A classical dictionary containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table

A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY




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                   LEMPRIERE’S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY.




                                   A
                         CLASSICAL DICTIONARY

                     CONTAINING A COPIOUS ACCOUNT
                        OF ALL THE PROPER NAMES
                     MENTIONED IN ANCIENT AUTHORS

                                 WITH

               THE VALUE OF COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES
                   USED AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS

                                  AND

                         A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE


                                  BY

                          J. LEMPRIERE, D.D.


                      Illustration: (‡ Colophon)


                                LONDON
                  GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, LIMITED
                    NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON AND CO.
                                 1904


                  Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
                        At the Ballantyne Press




                                PREFACE

                       TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION.


IN the following pages it has been the wish of the author to give
the most accurate and satisfactory account of all the proper names
which occur in reading the Classics, and by a judicious collection of
anecdotes and historical facts to draw a picture of ancient times, not
less instructive than entertaining. Such a work, it is hoped, will not
be deemed a useless acquisition in the hands of the public; and while
the student is initiated in the knowledge of history and mythology,
and familiarized with the ancient situation and extent of kingdoms and
cities that no longer exist, the man of letters may, perhaps, find it
not a contemptible companion, from which he may receive information,
and be made, a second time, acquainted with many important particulars
which time, or more laborious occupations, may have erased from his
memory.