Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. 215 ATHENS . The Piræus - The Long Walls - A Wayside Inn - Modern Athens - Fifty Years ago - Plan of the City - Costumes - The Palace and Gardens - House of Parliament - University ...
Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect Edwin Hodder. 215 ATHENS . The Piræus - The Long Walls - A Wayside Inn - Modern Athens - Fifty Years ago - Plan of the City - Costumes - The Palace and Gardens - House of Parliament - University ...
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... Athens were comprised within its ample precincts . Pallas Athene , the tutelary goddess of Athens , was worshipped there ; there was the olive - tree which , according to the legend , had sprung up during the contest between the goddess ...
... Athens were comprised within its ample precincts . Pallas Athene , the tutelary goddess of Athens , was worshipped there ; there was the olive - tree which , according to the legend , had sprung up during the contest between the goddess ...
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... Athens and Eleusis , no traitors driven from Athens could find shelter in Eleusis , but when Athens and Eleusis flourished side by side , the one as the university of the world ... ATHENS . 91 have been 90 [ Athens . CITIES OF THE WORLD .
... Athens and Eleusis , no traitors driven from Athens could find shelter in Eleusis , but when Athens and Eleusis flourished side by side , the one as the university of the world ... ATHENS . 91 have been 90 [ Athens . CITIES OF THE WORLD .
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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