Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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Page xiii
... The Acropolis , from the West The Dipylon Gate The Sacred Gate . The Barathron The Arch of Hadrian A Rock - cut House 27 28 32 34 40 41 43 46 48 50 52 53 55 60 62 65 66 67 73 PAGE Koile , with Foundations of Houses and Steps Koile xiii.
... The Acropolis , from the West The Dipylon Gate The Sacred Gate . The Barathron The Arch of Hadrian A Rock - cut House 27 28 32 34 40 41 43 46 48 50 52 53 55 60 62 65 66 67 73 PAGE Koile , with Foundations of Houses and Steps Koile xiii.
Page 7
... succession since the first scions of the sacred tree of Athena were planted there . With such resources available , it was inevitable that the Athenian plain should come to be occupied by a city. SITUATION AND NATURAL FEATURES 7.
... succession since the first scions of the sacred tree of Athena were planted there . With such resources available , it was inevitable that the Athenian plain should come to be occupied by a city. SITUATION AND NATURAL FEATURES 7.
Page 10
... Sacred Way to Eleusis . These were the usual routes of any army attacking Athens from the main- land , as in the Peloponnesian War ; and they seem never to have been regarded as defensible , probably because they could all be turned by ...
... Sacred Way to Eleusis . These were the usual routes of any army attacking Athens from the main- land , as in the Peloponnesian War ; and they seem never to have been regarded as defensible , probably because they could all be turned by ...
Page 18
... the water for the bath before marriage and for other sacred purposes . ' This statement meets with striking confirmation from 1 See Note XVI a . 2 See Note IV a . - early Attic vases , on which maidens are seen 18 ANCIENT ATHENS.
... the water for the bath before marriage and for other sacred purposes . ' This statement meets with striking confirmation from 1 See Note XVI a . 2 See Note IV a . - early Attic vases , on which maidens are seen 18 ANCIENT ATHENS.
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... sacred spring . course is open to very grave objections ; and if the sec- ond is here adopted , it is with the fullest sense of its diffi- culty , a difficulty discussed in the note to the chapter on Pausanias . Nothing would justify so ...
... sacred spring . course is open to very grave objections ; and if the sec- ond is here adopted , it is with the fullest sense of its diffi- culty , a difficulty discussed in the note to the chapter on Pausanias . Nothing would justify so ...
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