Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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... possible , to the notes at the end of some of the chapters . Apart from these , it has been my aim to give as clearly and directly as possible the impressions produced by the sites and buildings described , as viewed in the light of the ...
... possible , to the notes at the end of some of the chapters . Apart from these , it has been my aim to give as clearly and directly as possible the impressions produced by the sites and buildings described , as viewed in the light of the ...
Page 36
... possible still to form a fair notion of the boundaries of the town they enclosed . We must not form our conception of the rocky plateau of the Acropolis itself from the clearly outlined and symmetrical shape that is familiar to us from ...
... possible still to form a fair notion of the boundaries of the town they enclosed . We must not form our conception of the rocky plateau of the Acropolis itself from the clearly outlined and symmetrical shape that is familiar to us from ...
Page 39
... possible access . The oldest works of fortification are still standing in some places . The story goes that the early Athenians employed the Pelasgians to fortify the Acropolis for them with those gigantic walls , of which some remains ...
... possible access . The oldest works of fortification are still standing in some places . The story goes that the early Athenians employed the Pelasgians to fortify the Acropolis for them with those gigantic walls , of which some remains ...
Page 44
... possible that this may be the origin of the story about the Pelasgic walls ; but it must be admitted that the whole question is one of the greatest doubt and obscurity , and that any such conjectures as this are not to be admitted in ...
... possible that this may be the origin of the story about the Pelasgic walls ; but it must be admitted that the whole question is one of the greatest doubt and obscurity , and that any such conjectures as this are not to be admitted in ...
Page 78
... possible that the olive and the salt spring may merely have been enclosed in a sacred precinct north of the old palace and temple . The peculiar relation of the temple to the early palace may , if so , find its explanation in the ...
... possible that the olive and the salt spring may merely have been enclosed in a sacred precinct north of the old palace and temple . The peculiar relation of the temple to the early palace may , if so , find its explanation in the ...
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