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Excerpt from A Translation of the Grecian Antiquities of Lambert Bos: To Which Is Added an Appendix Potter and others. These, for the most part, have been inserted as they are condensed by Cleveland in his Epitome of Grecian Antiquities, published in America. The chapters on the and Education at Sparta, were chiey compiled from Cragius, ale Republica La cedcemom'orum; the tables of money, weights, and measures, from Dr. Arbuthnot. It was deemed un necessary to increase the bulk of the work by subjoin ing the authorities to the Appendix, as they may easily be consulted in the originals. As to the translation, it was at first intended only to have reprinted that by Mr. Stockdale, with the addition of Zeune's notes: but this was afterwards found imprac ticable, as the language, generally, was too antiquated, and the translation itself incorrect. We have, however, made his the basis of the present work, although nearly one half has been translated afresh. The occasional additions in the body of the work from Heeren, Boeckh, &c. Are marked with an obelisk in brackets. The trans lator, already under great obligations to Mr. Bailey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.