Orchomenos

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

an ancient city of Minyæ; situated at the N. W. corner of Lake Copias, where it is joined by the Cephissus, and extended from the marshy edges of the lake up the face of a steep known as orchil or archil, are prepared rock hill, on which stood the acropolis. It sent 30 ships to the Trojan war, and at a later date became a member of the ORCHESTRA, or ORCHESTER, in Bœotian confederacy. Its government Ewing Galloway AN OIL WELL SOUTH OF TAMPICO, MEXICO Enc. Vol. 7-p. 36 Photo, Ewing Gailoway E. M. Newman OLIVE TREES ON A SLOPE NEAR GRANADA, SPAIN دا Publishers' Photo Service A VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF OPORTO, PORTUGAL International Film Service RUINS OF OSTIA, THE ANCIENT PORT OF ROME. THE LOCATION WAS THEN AT THE MOUTH OF THE TIBER Underwood & Underwood A GRAVITY-TEST SORTING MACHINE FOR SORTING ORANGES BY WEIGHT. A MECHANICAL DEVICE CARRIES THEM OUT BY Keystone View Co. OSTRICH AND YOUNG ON AN OSTRICH FARM IN MARARIYEH, EGYPT Keystone View Company AN AVIATOR'S VIEW OF THE CITY AND UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, ENGLAND was thoroughly aristocratic, and after the Peloponnesian war the jealous democratic Thebans destroyed it by fire, and sold its inhabitants as slaves. It was rebuilt in the reign of Philip of Mace- 3 2 4 ORCHIDS 1. Calyso Borealis. 3. Ladies' Dresses. 4. Snake Mouth. 2. Moccasin Flower. don, but never recovered its position. It was famous for its musical festival in honor of the Graces, who were specially worshiped in the city.