Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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Page viii
... complete consistency in the use of forms in -os and -us , -on and -um , a matter on which Roman usage itself varied . In spelling , custom and familiarity must be the paramount considerations ; and I think a natural reaction is setting ...
... complete consistency in the use of forms in -os and -us , -on and -um , a matter on which Roman usage itself varied . In spelling , custom and familiarity must be the paramount considerations ; and I think a natural reaction is setting ...
Page 16
... complete protection both from storms and from hostile attacks . With all these natural advantages , we need not so much wonder at the commanding position of Athens among the cities of Greece , as at the fact that she did not assume her ...
... complete protection both from storms and from hostile attacks . With all these natural advantages , we need not so much wonder at the commanding position of Athens among the cities of Greece , as at the fact that she did not assume her ...
Page 82
... complete coat of colour , though the decorative patterns or other designs painted on it enhanced the beauty of its texture . The metopes probably contained mythological scenes , though no trace of their paintings has survived ; but the ...
... complete coat of colour , though the decorative patterns or other designs painted on it enhanced the beauty of its texture . The metopes probably contained mythological scenes , though no trace of their paintings has survived ; but the ...
Page 85
... complete , far more so than would have been at all probable if they had formed part of a miscellaneous mass of rubble brought up from below . The early history of Attic art , as recorded by these products of recent excavation on the ...
... complete , far more so than would have been at all probable if they had formed part of a miscellaneous mass of rubble brought up from below . The early history of Attic art , as recorded by these products of recent excavation on the ...
Page 94
... complete seclusion , though CAVE OF PAN . but narrow space within . Such caves as this are obviously more adapted to the tale of Apollo and Creusa , which must be located in the cave of Apollo ; and the cave of Pan must have been of a ...
... complete seclusion , though CAVE OF PAN . but narrow space within . Such caves as this are obviously more adapted to the tale of Apollo and Creusa , which must be located in the cave of Apollo ; and the cave of Pan must have been of a ...
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