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Actis

[ ak-tis ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.


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And so at other times in actis and Verba m'ri Alani de Auriga.

Ea tractes quorum et usus et delectatio est omnibus illis actis et voluptatibus anteponenda.

It has a title-page similar to that of the Nevv Actis, but the title itself is printed in handsome red Gothic characters.

Sanctius ac reverentius visum de actis deorum credere quam scire.

Fuerat & rectus et justus, per lineam justiciæ semper in actis suis procedens.

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