Chapter I: Front Matter

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