Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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Page 21
... close to Enneacrunus , and the Ety- mologicum Magnum states that the fountain Ennea- crunus , formerly Callirrhoe , was beside the Ilissus . In addition to all this direct evidence there is also a passage in the comic poet Cratinus ...
... close to Enneacrunus , and the Ety- mologicum Magnum states that the fountain Ennea- crunus , formerly Callirrhoe , was beside the Ilissus . In addition to all this direct evidence there is also a passage in the comic poet Cratinus ...
Page 24
... Close to it was a well called ' Αραβικό Πηγάδι , which is shown in Dod- well's plate . An- other fountain , that of Panops , is mentioned in Plato's Lysis as outside a city gate on the way from the Academy to the Lyceum . This is ...
... Close to it was a well called ' Αραβικό Πηγάδι , which is shown in Dod- well's plate . An- other fountain , that of Panops , is mentioned in Plato's Lysis as outside a city gate on the way from the Academy to the Lyceum . This is ...
Page 35
... close at hand . To these may be added ( 4 ) Black Eleusinian stone , which , though not of crystalline texture and so not , properly speaking , marble , was used in conjunction with marble in the finest Athenian buildings . It is ...
... close at hand . To these may be added ( 4 ) Black Eleusinian stone , which , though not of crystalline texture and so not , properly speaking , marble , was used in conjunction with marble in the finest Athenian buildings . It is ...
Page 58
... close to the sea , of which considerable remains may still be seen ; and so , if the two Long Walls reached from Athens to either end of its junction with the land , the circle of fortification would be com- plete and unassailable . The ...
... close to the sea , of which considerable remains may still be seen ; and so , if the two Long Walls reached from Athens to either end of its junction with the land , the circle of fortification would be com- plete and unassailable . The ...
Page 68
... close to the modern Sophocles Street . It will be seen that the ancient city spread an almost equal distance from the Acropolis in all directions , unlike the modern town , which now occupies almost as great an area , but lies almost ...
... close to the modern Sophocles Street . It will be seen that the ancient city spread an almost equal distance from the Acropolis in all directions , unlike the modern town , which now occupies almost as great an area , but lies almost ...
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