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Page 47
Tops were known to the ancients . The Greek bembix mentioned in Aristophanes
' Birds was evidently a whipping top . Plato , in The Republic , mentions strobilos ,
a humming top spun by a string . In Homer , the word strombos seems to point ...
Tops were known to the ancients . The Greek bembix mentioned in Aristophanes
' Birds was evidently a whipping top . Plato , in The Republic , mentions strobilos ,
a humming top spun by a string . In Homer , the word strombos seems to point ...
Page 146
Troy 146 called Hissarlik by the Turks and long known to contain the ruins of
Hellenistic and Roman Ilion was identified by Charles McLaren in 1822 as the
site of Homeric Troy , it was not until after Heinrich Schliemann began his
excavations ...
Troy 146 called Hissarlik by the Turks and long known to contain the ruins of
Hellenistic and Roman Ilion was identified by Charles McLaren in 1822 as the
site of Homeric Troy , it was not until after Heinrich Schliemann began his
excavations ...
Page 704
704 Dice and Dice Games Principles of Craps table , known as a double - end
dealer , and the dealer fader will win . The game , which provides no
mathematicharges 5 percent of the amount wagered on the point cal advantage
for either the ...
704 Dice and Dice Games Principles of Craps table , known as a double - end
dealer , and the dealer fader will win . The game , which provides no
mathematicharges 5 percent of the amount wagered on the point cal advantage
for either the ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 16 The New Encyclopædia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopædia Britannica, Incorporated, 1981 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 19 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 085229378X, 9780852293782 |
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