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- ↑ Peck, Harry Thurston, ed. (1897). Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities, A-H. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). p. 858.
- ↑ Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities (2nd ed.). Harper & Brothers. 1898.
- ↑ "Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities". Harper's New Monthly Magazine. 94 (564). May 1897. (advertisement)
