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CLASSICAL DICTIONARY:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE PRINCIPAL PROPER NAMES

MENTIONED IN

ANCIENT AUTHORS,

AND

INTENDED TO ELUCIDATE ALL THE IMPORTANT POINTS CONNECTED WITH THE
GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, MYTHOLOGY, AND FINE ARTS

OF THE

GREEKS AND ROMANS.

TOGETHER WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES,

WITH TABULAR VALUES OF THE SAME.

BY

CHARLES ANTHON, LL.D.,

JAY-PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK AND LATIN LANGUAGES IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE,
NEW-YORK, AND RECTOR OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

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JOHN ANTHON, ESQ.,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW, &c.,

WHO, AMID THE DUTIES OF A LABORIOUS PROFESSION, CAN STILL FIND LEISURE

FOR HOLDING CONVERSE WITH THE PAGES OF ANTIQUITY, AND IN WHOM

AS A FEEBLE RETURN FOR MANY ACTS OF FRATERNAL KINDNESS, AND (IF A BROTHER MAY BE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF IN THIS WAY) AS A TESTIMONIAL

OF FOND REGARD FOR EMINENT ABILITIES IN UNISON

WITH EMINENT INTEGRITY AND WORTH

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