Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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Page 26
... preserved ; it is built of squared blocks of Piraic lime- stone and coated with stucco , and probably belongs to the sixth century B.C. Professor Dörpfeld's excavations have discovered , cut in the rocks of the Pnyx hill , where it ...
... preserved ; it is built of squared blocks of Piraic lime- stone and coated with stucco , and probably belongs to the sixth century B.C. Professor Dörpfeld's excavations have discovered , cut in the rocks of the Pnyx hill , where it ...
Page 60
... preserved in part the Stoa of Attalus . The Acropolis was again made into a citadel ; its walls were cased with masonry and supported with buttresses ; at its western approach a series of batteries and outworks were built which recall ...
... preserved in part the Stoa of Attalus . The Acropolis was again made into a citadel ; its walls were cased with masonry and supported with buttresses ; at its western approach a series of batteries and outworks were built which recall ...
Page 89
... , though by no means free from dispute . In most cases there really is not enough definite evidence to lead to a certain decision . of these early villages are preserved in the later names THE TOWN BEFORE THE PERSIAN WARS 89.
... , though by no means free from dispute . In most cases there really is not enough definite evidence to lead to a certain decision . of these early villages are preserved in the later names THE TOWN BEFORE THE PERSIAN WARS 89.
Page 90
Ernest Arthur Gardner. of these early villages are preserved in the later names of the city demes . In front of the western gate of the Acropolis lies the valley between it and the Pnyx hill ; and this is connected by the low saddle ...
Ernest Arthur Gardner. of these early villages are preserved in the later names of the city demes . In front of the western gate of the Acropolis lies the valley between it and the Pnyx hill ; and this is connected by the low saddle ...
Page 111
... preserved the tradition of the early ritual . A precinct that oc- cupies a central position in a populous quarter of the city challenges identification ; and Professor Dörpfeld confidently claims that he has found the long - sought ...
... preserved the tradition of the early ritual . A precinct that oc- cupies a central position in a populous quarter of the city challenges identification ; and Professor Dörpfeld confidently claims that he has found the long - sought ...
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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