ISBN: 1236100883

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781236100887], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...which, by that reckoning of Pausanias, had been an obsolete forgotten word an hundred years before the date of this pretended Epistle. The main controversy in this section between the learned Mr. Boyle and me is; whether Pausanias, who stands alone, or Herodotus, Thucydides, and others, are to be followed in the story of Anaxilas Tyrant of Rhegium. Mr. Boyle says, he has Ubo Emmius, Lydiate, Scaliger, Petavius, and Meursius, on his side, (all of them great names in the commonwealth of learning,) besides half a dozen more, that he'll throw into the scale the next time he and I talk together (p. 131). Hitherto, as I think, he has had nobody on his side; and yet his style has been as pert and positive, as if he carried demonstration in every sentence. No wonder then, that, in this section, where he is so powerfully backed, his bold air and his scornful language rise so much the higher. But this I easily neglect and forgive: 'tis my business now to shew my reasons which oblige me to dissent from those great men that have followed Pausanias: and the Examiner's cavils and exceptions shall be all considered in the rear. I. In the first place, therefore, I will prove that Pausanias and the rest do all mean the same person; the only difference being about the time when he lived, and some circumstances of his story. For Pausanias's Anaxilas was Tyrant of Rhegium," and he besieged and took Zancle; and on that occasion the name of Zancle was changed into Messana.h And so the Anaxilas of Thucydides was Tyrant of Rhegium,c and took Zancle, and called it Messana, from the country of his ancestors.d These circumstances are a plain demonstration that Pausanias and Thucydides speak of one and the same man. For it's incredible that there were two Anaxilas's Tyrants of Rh..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 8975347011, Education & Teaching, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 5267710011, Test Preparation, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

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[EAN: 9781236100887], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: .which, by that reckoning of Pausanias, had been an obsolete forgotten word an hundred years before the date of this pretended Epistle. The main controversy in this section between the learned Mr. Boyle and me is; whether Pausanias, who stands alone, or Herodotus, Thucydides, and others, are to be followed in the story of Anaxilas Tyrant of Rhegium. Mr. Boyle says, he has Ubo Emmius, Lydiate, Scaliger, Petavius, and Meursius, on his side, (all of them great names in the commonwealth of learning, ) besides half a dozen more, that he ll throw into the scale the next time he and I talk together (p. 131). Hitherto, as I think, he has had nobody on his side; and yet his style has been as pert and positive, as if he carried demonstration in every sentence. No wonder then, that, in this section, where he is so powerfully backed, his bold air and his scornful language rise so much the higher. But this I easily neglect and forgive: tis my business now to shew my reasons which oblige me to dissent from those great men that have followed Pausanias: and the Examiner s cavils and exceptions shall be all considered in the rear. I. In the first place, therefore, I will prove that Pausanias and the rest do all mean the same person; the only difference being about the time when he lived, and some circumstances of his story. For Pausanias s Anaxilas was Tyrant of Rhegium, and he besieged and took Zancle; and on that occasion the name of Zancle was changed into Messana.h And so the Anaxilas of Thucydides was Tyrant of Rhegium, c and took Zancle, and called it Messana, from the country of his ancestors.d These circumstances are a plain demonstration that Pausanias and Thucydides speak of one and the same man. For it s incredible that there were two Anaxilas s Tyrants of Rh.<