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  • Sacrae historiae acta a Raphaele Urbin in Vaticanis xystis ad picturae miraculum expressa.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • She used to take this son and fondle him, saying, "When you, being grown up, shall drive your chariot to the city, like Megacles, with a xystis."

    Clouds 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

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  • a chiton (tunic)worn by chariot drivers of Ancient Greece

    September 21, 2008