Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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Page 12
... rest , he says , has been washed away by floods ; and his view is the same as that of modern geologists , except that they would probably regard the process as a slower one than he imagined . He also notices that a similar process has ...
... rest , he says , has been washed away by floods ; and his view is the same as that of modern geologists , except that they would probably regard the process as a slower one than he imagined . He also notices that a similar process has ...
Page 51
... rest of the Piræus - a portion of it already existed , built during his tenure of the archonship at Athens - because he thought that the position was a good one , having three natural har- bours , and that their taking to the sea was a ...
... rest of the Piræus - a portion of it already existed , built during his tenure of the archonship at Athens - because he thought that the position was a good one , having three natural har- bours , and that their taking to the sea was a ...
Page 63
... rest of Greece , ran through the Sacred Gate , which either was another name for the Dipylon , or else is to be identified as the smaller opening in the wall a little to the south — an opening which perhaps served only for the outflow ...
... rest of Greece , ran through the Sacred Gate , which either was another name for the Dipylon , or else is to be identified as the smaller opening in the wall a little to the south — an opening which perhaps served only for the outflow ...
Page 68
... Long Wall , though rejected by Leake , is assumed by most recent topographers ; and so it is necessary to note the literary evidence on which the assumption rests . No 68 ANCIENT ATHENS 889 a Two NOTES ON THUCYDIDES II 13 6.
... Long Wall , though rejected by Leake , is assumed by most recent topographers ; and so it is necessary to note the literary evidence on which the assumption rests . No 68 ANCIENT ATHENS 889 a Two NOTES ON THUCYDIDES II 13 6.
Page 69
Ernest Arthur Gardner. the literary evidence on which the assumption rests . No remains of any third Long Wall exist now , or are recorded as ever having existed ; and the strategic neces- sity and probability of such a wall disappears ...
Ernest Arthur Gardner. the literary evidence on which the assumption rests . No remains of any third Long Wall exist now , or are recorded as ever having existed ; and the strategic neces- sity and probability of such a wall disappears ...
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