Pausanias' Description of Greece, Volume 1G. Bell, 1900 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 89
Page 1
... ancient times , but was not a port until Themistocles ruled the Athenians ; but their port was Phalerum ( for here the sea is nearest to Athens ) , and they say that it was from thence that Menestheus sailed with the ships to Troy , and ...
... ancient times , but was not a port until Themistocles ruled the Athenians ; but their port was Phalerum ( for here the sea is nearest to Athens ) , and they say that it was from thence that Menestheus sailed with the ships to Troy , and ...
Page 2
... ancient celebrates her as Doritis , the next in date as Acræa , and latest of all that which every- body else calls Athene of Cnidus , but the Cnidians them- selves call it Athene of the Fair Voyage . The Athenians have also another ...
... ancient celebrates her as Doritis , the next in date as Acræa , and latest of all that which every- body else calls Athene of Cnidus , but the Cnidians them- selves call it Athene of the Fair Voyage . The Athenians have also another ...
Page 10
... ancient Eponymi of the Athenians . And after these they have as Eponymi Attalus the Mysian , and Ptolemy the Egyptian , and , in my time , the Emperor Adrian , who worshipped the gods more religiously than anyone , and who contributed ...
... ancient Eponymi of the Athenians . And after these they have as Eponymi Attalus the Mysian , and Ptolemy the Egyptian , and , in my time , the Emperor Adrian , who worshipped the gods more religiously than anyone , and who contributed ...
Page 16
... ancient prosperity , which had reached such a pitch that they excelled in wealth the wealthiest of the Greeks , even the treasures of the temple at Delphi and the Orcho- menians . And Philometor not long after meeting the common fate ...
... ancient prosperity , which had reached such a pitch that they excelled in wealth the wealthiest of the Greeks , even the treasures of the temple at Delphi and the Orcho- menians . And Philometor not long after meeting the common fate ...
Page 33
Pausanias. OW CHAPTER XVIII . Now the temple of the Dioscuri is ancient ; they are designed standing , and their sons seated on horse- back . Here too is a painting by Polygnotus of the marriage of the daughters of Leucippus , and by ...
Pausanias. OW CHAPTER XVIII . Now the temple of the Dioscuri is ancient ; they are designed standing , and their sons seated on horse- back . Here too is a painting by Polygnotus of the marriage of the daughters of Leucippus , and by ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achæans Achilles Ægina afterwards altar ancient Antigonus Aphrodite Apollo Arcadians Argives Argolis Argos Aristodemus Aristomenes army Artemis Asopus Athene Athenians Attica battle boys brazen statue built buried called capture Castor and Pollux CHAPTER chariot Cleomenes Corinth Corinthians daughter death Delphi Demeter Demetrius descendants Dionysus Dorians Edited Elis erected Esculapius father fight fled fought goddess gods Greece Greeks Hera Hercules Hermes hero hero-chapel Homer honour horses Iliad Ilium inscription island Isthmian games Ithome killed king kingdom Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Macedonians Megarians Messene Messenians Nemea nians Olympia oracle pancratium Pausanias Peloponnese Pelops pentathlum pillar Poseidon priestess Ptolemy Pylos Pyrrhus Pythian race reign river sacrifice Sicyon Sicyonians sons Sparta stades statue of Zeus stone Temenus temple of Athene Thebans Thebes Theopompus Theseus tomb took town tradition Translated Trozen victor at Olympia victory vols votive offering won the prize wooden statue wrestling Zeus
Popular passages
Page 6 - Miscellanies, Esthetic and Literary; to which* is added, THE THEORY OF LIFE.
Page 18 - Htetory of the Races of Man, and their Geographical Distribution. With AN ANALYTICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN by Dr. Hall. With a Map of the World and 1 2 coloured Plates. 5-*. PINDAR. Translated into Prose by Dawson W.
Page 3 - Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates. By JJ Bond. 5*. BONOMI'S Nineveh and Its Palaces. 7 Plates and 294 Woodcut Illustrations. 5.;.
Page 9 - Essays : on Decision of Character ; on a Man's writing Memoirs of Himself ; on the epithet Romantic ; on the aversion of Men of Taste to Evangelical Religion, y.
Page 3 - Cribbage, Loo, Vingt-et-un, Napoleon, Newmarket, Pope Joan, Speculation, &c., &c. BOND'S A Handy Book of Rules and Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates. By JJ Bond. 5*.
Page 7 - DANTE. The Inferno. A Literal Prose Translation, with the Text of the Original printed on the same page.
Page 10 - GRIMM'S TALES. With the Notes of the Original. Translated by Mrs. A. Hunt. With Introduction by Andrew Lang, MA 2 vols. 3*. 6d, each. - Gammer Grethel; or, German Fairy Tales and Popular Stories. Containing 42 Fairy Tales. Trans, by Edgar Taylor. With numerous Woodcuts after George Cruikshank and Ludwig Grimm. 3*.
Page 23 - Chess Praxis. A Supplement to the Chess-player's Handbook. Containing the most important modern improvements in the Openings ; Code of Chess Laws ; and a Selection of Morphy's Games. Annotated, ^s.
Page 9 - EMERSON'S WORKS continued. III. — Society and Solitude — Letters and Social aims — Miscellaneous Papers (hitherto uncollected) — May Day, and other Poems. ELLIS (G.) Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances.