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colophon

[kol-uh-fon, -fuhn] / ˈkɒl əˌfɒn, -fən /


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He once wrote a readable one: Curse in the Colophon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Persons who are literary-minded read magazines like The Bookman, The Saturday Review of Literature, The Colophon, But the booklover and the average reader may be completely different persons.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of her early lovers was the poet Hermesianax of Colophon, to whom she owed her literary training.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

As soon as he was in peaceable possession of the throne, he made war against Miletus, Smyrna, and Colophon, three powerful cities belonging to the neighbouring states.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

Far more influence on the progress of speculation was exercised by Xenophanes of Colophon.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir




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