Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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... means of commerce . The question of food supply in early times practically resolves itself into pasturage and agriculture , though in the great days of Athens , as in modern England , it was mainly a question of commerce and control of ...
... means of commerce . The question of food supply in early times practically resolves itself into pasturage and agriculture , though in the great days of Athens , as in modern England , it was mainly a question of commerce and control of ...
Page 18
... means only one that gave an ade- quate supply of drinking water . This is the famous Enneacrunus , which was , as he says , so called , “ the Fountain of Nine Spouts , " because of the manner in which it had been decorated . by ...
... means only one that gave an ade- quate supply of drinking water . This is the famous Enneacrunus , which was , as he says , so called , “ the Fountain of Nine Spouts , " because of the manner in which it had been decorated . by ...
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... means of access , concealed in a natural cave , which is of great interest in later times ; but there is nothing to show whether it was taken into account in the earliest fortifications . At the west end , in front of the main entrance ...
... means of access , concealed in a natural cave , which is of great interest in later times ; but there is nothing to show whether it was taken into account in the earliest fortifications . At the west end , in front of the main entrance ...
Page 47
... mean east , to which the temples face . The entrance to the subterranean passage faces west , the same direc- tion as the main entrance , and is about seventy yards to the rear of it ; thus Herodo- tus ' description is both accurate and ...
... mean east , to which the temples face . The entrance to the subterranean passage faces west , the same direc- tion as the main entrance , and is about seventy yards to the rear of it ; thus Herodo- tus ' description is both accurate and ...
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... means of communication in the interim . ( b ) On the Length of the Walls , as given in Thucydi des , II . 13. - If the figures given in this passage are right , it is impossible to reconcile them with extant remains and geographical ...
... means of communication in the interim . ( b ) On the Length of the Walls , as given in Thucydi des , II . 13. - If the figures given in this passage are right , it is impossible to reconcile them with extant remains and geographical ...
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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