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... PERSIAN WARS CHAPTER IV THE TOWN BEFORE THE PERSIAN WARS a . NOTE ON THUCYDIDES II . 15. 3,4 • 29 • 6385 36 68 73 888 141 CHAPTER V EARLY ATTIC ART 152 CHAPTER VI THE ACROPOLIS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY 208 THE PARTHENON CHAPTER VII 257 ...
... PERSIAN WARS CHAPTER IV THE TOWN BEFORE THE PERSIAN WARS a . NOTE ON THUCYDIDES II . 15. 3,4 • 29 • 6385 36 68 73 888 141 CHAPTER V EARLY ATTIC ART 152 CHAPTER VI THE ACROPOLIS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY 208 THE PARTHENON CHAPTER VII 257 ...
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... Persian wars that Pentelic marble becomes the usual material for all the chief buildings ; the Par- thenon , the Erechtheum , the Propylæa , and most of the other monuments of Athenian architecture are made of it . The best specimens of ...
... Persian wars that Pentelic marble becomes the usual material for all the chief buildings ; the Par- thenon , the Erechtheum , the Propylæa , and most of the other monuments of Athenian architecture are made of it . The best specimens of ...
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... Persians invaded Attica , twenty years later , it is evident that the Acropolis was not in a defensible state without the erection of temporary barricades ... Persian wars is sufficiently proved by WALLS OF THE ACROPOLIS AND THE TOWN 45.
... Persians invaded Attica , twenty years later , it is evident that the Acropolis was not in a defensible state without the erection of temporary barricades ... Persian wars is sufficiently proved by WALLS OF THE ACROPOLIS AND THE TOWN 45.
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... Persians could easily maintain . Supplies would be entirely cut off , and there would have been no hope of relief unless the Persian army was defeated an event of which there was not the slightest hope , without the Athenians themselves ...
... Persians could easily maintain . Supplies would be entirely cut off , and there would have been no hope of relief unless the Persian army was defeated an event of which there was not the slightest hope , without the Athenians themselves ...
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... Persians found their way up by a precipitous and unguarded approach through the precinct of Agraulos . ' It has generally been supposed that the escalading party either climbed up in the open , where they could hardly have escaped ...
... Persians found their way up by a precipitous and unguarded approach through the precinct of Agraulos . ' It has generally been supposed that the escalading party either climbed up in the open , where they could hardly have escaped ...
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