iapygian造句

• The coins feature Lapagus, an ancient Iapygian hero.
• 19th century German historian Theodor Mommsen believed that the Iapygian people were the either the oldest immigrants to, or the historical autochthones of Italy.
• A decade after the catastrophic defeat of Taras at Kailia in 473 BC, the Tarentines were set for battle, this time perhaps on their own terms near the Iapygian city of Hyria.
• Ovid, on the other hand, writes that Venulus came to the home of exiled Diomedes in vain, but he was erecting walls with the favour of Iapygian Daunus, his new father-in-law, which would make the city Luceria, not Argyrippa.
• Other indications, such as the use of the aspirated consonants and the avoiding of the letters " m " and " t " as terminal sounds, show that the Iapygian dialect was essentially different from the Italian one and corresponds in some respects to the Greek dialects.
• The supposition of an especially close affinity between the Iapygian nation and the Hellenes finds further support in the frequent occurrence of the names of Greek divinities in the inscriptions and the surprising facility with which the people became Hellenized, presenting a striking contrast to the shyness in the respect of the other Italian Nations.
• Athenian armament before they crossed over to Sicily . ( Thuc . vii . 35 . ) It was here also that Cicero touched on his voyage from Sicily, when, after the death of Julius Caesar, 44 BCE, he was preparing to repair into Greece, and where he was visited by some friends from Rhegium, who brought news from Rome that induced him to alter his plans . ( Cic . " Phil . " i . 3, " ad Att . " xvi . 7 . ) In the former passage he terms it " promontorium agri Rhegini " : the " Leucopetra Tarentinorum " mentioned by him ( ad Att . xvi . 6 ), if it be not a false reading, must refer to quite a different place, probably the headland of Leuca, more commonly called the Iapygian promontory.