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suggests and Greeks
The existence of so many different forms shows how difficult it was for the Greeks to pronounce the word in their own language and suggests that the name has probably a pre-Greek origin.
Kerenyi suggests that the name Ariadne ( derived from, hagne, " pure "), was an euphemistical name given by the Greeks to the nameless " Mistress of the labyrinth " who appears in a Mycenean Greek inscription from Knossos in Crete.
Homer suggests in the Iliad that the Greeks used an extract of fig juice to coagulate milk.
The pre-modern etymology of her name, from tithemi ( τίθημι ), " to set up, establish ," suggests a perception among Classical Greeks of an early political role.
R. A. Young wrote: " Wiberg suggests that the early Greeks knew of the circulation, and quotes a passage from one of the Hippocratic writings which would bear that interpretation.
Plutarch is the only ancient source for this account and yet it is considered credible on the basis of some literary evidence ( Pindar wrote a paean celebrating Ceos, in which he says on behalf of the island " I am renowned for my athletic achievements among Greeks " 4, epode 1, a circumstance that suggests that Bacchylides himself was unavailable at the time.
Evans also asks what happened after the episode at the pyre and suggests that " neither the Greeks nor the Babylonians knew what really happened to Croesus.
Evidence suggests that sausages were already popular both among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and most likely with the various tribes occupying the larger part of Europe.
The Midas of the late 8th century BC had a Greek wife and strong ties to the Greeks, which suggests it was he who made the offering ; but Herodotus also says Gyges of Lydia, a contemporary of that Midas, was " the first foreigner since Midas " to make an offering at Delphi, which suggests Herodotus believed the throne was donated by the more ancient Midas.
Classical lore suggests some Greeks believed that Telemachus would later voyage to the island of Calypso and there marry his half-sister, the child of Calypso and Odysseus.
In Quintus Smyrneaus ' story, Polydamas actually suggests that instead of attacking or fleeing, the Trojans should just give Helen back to the Greeks.
Herodotus suggests that this was because he feared the Greeks would sail to the Hellespont and destroy the pontoon bridges, thereby trapping his army in Europe.
Holland suggests that the Persians were primarily cavalry ( hence their ability to catch up with the Greeks ).
Though the Greeks left few physical examples of puppets, their literature suggests that puppetry was important.
Plutarch suggests that in the aftermath of the victory at the Eurymedon, Artaxerxes had agreed a peace treaty with the Greeks, even naming Callias as the Athenian ambassador involved.
In contrast to other imperialist governments elsewhere, literary accounts suggests the Greeks and the local population of cities like Sagala lived in relative harmony, with some of the local residents adopting the responsibilities of Greek citizenship-and more astonishingly, Greeks converting to Buddhism and adopting local traditions.
According to R. A. Young, " Wiberg suggests that the early Greeks knew of the circulation, and quotes a passage from one of the Hippocratic writings which would bear that interpretation.
No source provides exact numbers for the Greek army, although Justin suggests that the Greeks were " far superior in number of soldiers "; the modern view is that the Greek numbers were approximately equal to those of the Macedonians.
Archaeological evidence suggests that the history of the ancient Greeks in Egypt dates back at least to Mycenaean times and more likely even further back into the proto-Greek Minoan age.

suggests and Romans
Reuvein Margolies suggests that as the Mishnah was redacted after the Bar Kochba revolt, its editors were reluctant to include explicit discussion of a holiday celebrating another relatively recent revolt against a foreign ruler, for fear of antagonizing the Romans.
This early date, only a few decades after the departure of the Romans, also suggests that more of Roman civilization may have survived into Anglo-Saxon rule in Kent, than in other areas.
There is evidence of prehistoric settlements at the site of the town: flint arrowheads and Bronze Age artefacts have been found ; Iron Age forts have been excavated on both the East and West Hills suggests an early move to the safety of the valley in between, so that the settlement was already a port when the Romans arrived in Britain for the first time in 55 BC.
Food writer Alan Davidson suggests that the people of Ancient Romans were the first known to have made products of the haggis type.
Reuvein Margolies suggests that as the Mishnah was redacted after the Bar Kochba revolt, Rabbi Judah could not have included discussion of Hanukkah which commemorates the Jewish revolt against the Syrian-Greeks ( the Romans would not have tolerated this overt nationalism ).
Terence's ethnonym Afer suggests he lived in the territory of the Libyan tribe called by the Romans Afri near Carthage prior to being brought to Rome as a slave.
The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis (" the waters of Sulis ") by the Romans sometime in the AD 60s about 20 years after they had arrived in Britain ( AD43 ), although oral tradition suggests that Bath was known before then.
There is also disagreement as to whether the ' coronation ' was a coronation at all, as a letter written by Frederick to Henry III of England suggests that the crown he placed on his own head was in fact the imperial crown of the Romans.
* Pyrrhus realizes that he cannot capture Rome and suggests peace terms to the Romans.
The earliest mention of the Chauci is from 12 BC and suggests that they were assisting other Germanic tribes in a war against the Romans.
Plutarch suggests that he played on superstition to give himself an aura of awe and divine allure, in order to cultivate more gentle behaviours among the warlike early Romans, such as honoring the gods, abiding by law, behaving humanely to enemies, and living proper, respectable lives.
Evidence suggests that the tribe co-existed with the Romans in a trading relationship following the Roman invasion c. 50AD.
One view suggests the symbolism of Leviticus 16 as Scapegoat, coupled with Romans 3: 21-25 for atonement, while another view draws parallels with the Paschal Lamb in Exodus 12: 1-4, coupled with John 1: 29-36, and yet another symbolism relies on Revelation 5: 5-14 in which the lamb is viewed as a lion who destroys evil.
The apparent absence of intermediary rates suggests that the Romans may have had difficulty calculating the interest due on anything other than mathematically convenient rates.
Remains of Roman roads have been discovered running through the town, and the local road name Streetbridge suggests that the Romans once marched along it on a path which may have led to Blackstone Edge.
The discovery of a Roman road found to terminate 100 metres across the creek in neighbouring Benfleet suggests a means may have existed to facilitate the salt's distribution to Chelmsford and Colchester, and the recovery of rich items of pottery and glassware of a variety only matched elsewhere by excavations of port facilities suggests the Romans may also have exploited Canvey's location in the Thames for shipping.
A lack of other artefacts, however, suggests that the Romans probably did not settle here.
Local tradition suggests that the Romans established a track into Aberdyfi as part of the military occupation of Wales around AD78.
The Lucaria suggests that grove veneration was a practice which the early Romans had in common with the Gauls.
A digression in Book 9, Sections 17 – 19, suggests that the Romans would have beaten Alexander the Great if he had lived longer and had turned west to attack the Romans, making this digression the oldest known alternate history.
The sheer size of the compound suggests that the religious hierarchy of the temple, sponsored by the Romans, wielded major influence in the city's affairs.

suggests and Indians
Archeological evidence suggests the opposite pattern ; in order to avoid harsh inland winters and to take advantage of salmon runs upstream, American Indians wintered on the coast and summered inland.
The testimony of Strike the Ree and Medicine Cow to a Special Joint Committee on the Condition of the Indian Tribes in 1865 suggests that Burleigh was self-serving and corrupt in his dealings with the Indians.
Furthermore, he suggests that the English brought with them diseases, but Veraswami blames this on the Indians and sees the English as the curers.
The study clearly showed that their MtDNA has much stronger affinities with Amerindian MtDNA in Argentina and Uruguay than with Amerindian MtDNA from other parts of Brazil and suggests that this is probably due to genetic ancestry from the now extinct Pampean Indians ( Charrúa, Minuano ).
The Atashgah temple built by the Baku-resident traders from India suggests commerce was active and prosperous for Indians by the 17th century.
According to Robert L. Parker, this new composition class was originally called Class of Musical Creation and later, Composition Workshop ; Chávez had some colleagues as pupils, such as Vicente T. Mendoza, Candelario Huízar and Revueltas, and “ there were four students under twenty years of age: Daniel Ayala and Blas Galindo ( both pure blooded Indians ), Salvador Contreras and José Pablo Moncayo .” Jesús C. Romero suggests that Chávez conducted a selection process among young students of the conservatory before admitting anyone and relates that Daniel Ayala was chosen thanks to his “ incipient renown as composer, Salvador Contreras, for his violin skills, and José Pablo Moncayo, on account of his ability to do sight reading at the piano .” Furthermore, Romero reports that Blas Galindo was admitted the following year together with five other students.
The native tribes of the Northern Amazon are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean ; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basin in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted ( and, occasionally, eaten ) by more warlike tribes of Carib Indians, who departed from these same river valleys a few centuries later.
# Sara Cedar Miller, the Central Park Conservancy's historian suggests, " It must have been an ethnic slur ," a way to simultaneously denigrate Indians and blacks.
Eleven feet of river sediment at the site provides a stratigraphy that suggests more than 10, 000 years of nearly constant occupation by American Indians, potentially pre-dating the Clovis culture and contributing to the knowledge of the Dalton and San Patrice cultures.

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