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Galeʹsus (g hard)

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A river of Pugʹlia, not far from Tarentum. The sheep that fed on the meadows of Galeʹsus were noted for their fine wool. (Horace: 2 Carminum Liber, vi. 10.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Galaor (Don)
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Galathe
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