Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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... earlier travellers , I have most frequently con- sulted Wheler , Stuart , Dodwell , and Leake . Among those whom it has been my privilege to hear as well as to read , I would especially mention Mr. F. C. Penrose , F.R.S. , and Professor ...
... earlier travellers , I have most frequently con- sulted Wheler , Stuart , Dodwell , and Leake . Among those whom it has been my privilege to hear as well as to read , I would especially mention Mr. F. C. Penrose , F.R.S. , and Professor ...
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... they offered every natural advantage demanded by the changing conditions of earlier and later times. THE ACROPOLIS AND SALAMIS . From south slope of Lycabettus . STEPS LEADING TO CLEPSYDRA . SITUATION AND NATURAL FEATURES 15.
... they offered every natural advantage demanded by the changing conditions of earlier and later times. THE ACROPOLIS AND SALAMIS . From south slope of Lycabettus . STEPS LEADING TO CLEPSYDRA . SITUATION AND NATURAL FEATURES 15.
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Ernest Arthur Gardner. demanded by the changing conditions of earlier and later times , in the open , sandy bay of Phalerum , admi- rably adapted for the beaching of ships , and in the three closed harbours of the Piraic promontory ...
Ernest Arthur Gardner. demanded by the changing conditions of earlier and later times , in the open , sandy bay of Phalerum , admi- rably adapted for the beaching of ships , and in the three closed harbours of the Piraic promontory ...
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... earlier , perhaps in the fifth century . All these varieties of rough stone , where they showed , were usually coated with stucco . The different kinds of marble used in Athenian build- ings are almost exclusively white or bluish ...
... earlier , perhaps in the fifth century . All these varieties of rough stone , where they showed , were usually coated with stucco . The different kinds of marble used in Athenian build- ings are almost exclusively white or bluish ...
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... earlier times , regarded as the best marble for sculpture . The Naxian is of coarser grain and infe- rior texture ; but there are also quarries of coarser marble in Paros , and of finer in Naxos , so that it is not always easy to ...
... earlier times , regarded as the best marble for sculpture . The Naxian is of coarser grain and infe- rior texture ; but there are also quarries of coarser marble in Paros , and of finer in Naxos , so that it is not always easy to ...
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A. W. Mansell Acropolis Agora Alcamenes altar ancient Apollo architectural Areopagus artistic Athenian Athens Attic bronze building built Callirrhoe cave cella centre Ceramicus Cimon columns decoration dedicated Dionysus Dipylon Dipylon Gate earlier early temple east Enneacrunus Erechtheum evidence extant fifth century figures foundations frieze FRIEZE OF PARTHENON front goddess Greece Greek Hadrian harbour hill identified Ilissus inscription Ionic Ionic order Lapith later Long Walls Mansell & Sons marble metopes modern monuments Munychia Nike Odeum Olympieum painted Parthenon Pausanias pediment Pericles permission of Messrs Persian Wars Phaleric Phalerum Phidias Piræus Piraic Pisistratus Pnyx portico Posidon position precinct probably Professor Dörpfeld Propylæa Prytaneum Pythium relief remains represented restored rock sacred scene sculpture seated seen shrine side slabs slope Stoa Stoa Basileios temple of Athena Theatre Themistocles Theseum Thucydides tion tomb town traces vases west pediment Zeus ἐν καὶ τοῦ