Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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... seen from the Sea Tourkovouni and Lycabettus Athens , from the South 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 IO II 12 Athens , from the South 13 The Acropolis and Salamis Callirrhoe , and Ridge of Rock in the Bed of the Ilissus Interior of the Cave in the ...
... seen from the Sea Tourkovouni and Lycabettus Athens , from the South 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 IO II 12 Athens , from the South 13 The Acropolis and Salamis Callirrhoe , and Ridge of Rock in the Bed of the Ilissus Interior of the Cave in the ...
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... seen through a kind of luminous haze which often makes the distances difficult to realise . Perhaps the temperate climate of Athens is not always so obvious to modern travellers , especially when a cold north wind is sweeping down from ...
... seen through a kind of luminous haze which often makes the distances difficult to realise . Perhaps the temperate climate of Athens is not always so obvious to modern travellers , especially when a cold north wind is sweeping down from ...
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... seen in the view over the Saronic Gulf from Athens , is not only beautiful in itself , but also full of invitation to sailors who , like the Greeks , shunned the open sea . To them a maritime empire and an island or peninsular empire ...
... seen in the view over the Saronic Gulf from Athens , is not only beautiful in itself , but also full of invitation to sailors who , like the Greeks , shunned the open sea . To them a maritime empire and an island or peninsular empire ...
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... SEEN FROM THE SEA . Mt. Hymettus would be likely to take . To the north - west the Athenian plain is separated from the Eleusinian by the low but rocky ridge of Ægaleos . There is a low pass , which is crossed by a fortification wall of ...
... SEEN FROM THE SEA . Mt. Hymettus would be likely to take . To the north - west the Athenian plain is separated from the Eleusinian by the low but rocky ridge of Ægaleos . There is a low pass , which is crossed by a fortification wall of ...
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... seen it . Between it and the sea are a series of lower hills , first the Acropolis , with its satellite the TOURKOVOUNI AND LYCABETTUS . PENTELICUS BEHIND . In front , the Areopagus is just visible on the left , the Acropolis on the ...
... seen it . Between it and the sea are a series of lower hills , first the Acropolis , with its satellite the TOURKOVOUNI AND LYCABETTUS . PENTELICUS BEHIND . In front , the Areopagus is just visible on the left , the Acropolis on the ...
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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