Ancient AthensMacmillan, 1902 - 579 pages |
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... spring and autumn , and even sometimes in winter , the climate of Athens resembles in many ways that of an English summer at its best ; while even in the hottest time of year the Athenians of to - day claim that the heat is never ...
... spring and autumn , and even sometimes in winter , the climate of Athens resembles in many ways that of an English summer at its best ; while even in the hottest time of year the Athenians of to - day claim that the heat is never ...
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... springs could still be seen out- side the Gate of Diochares , near the Lyceum , but to later writers it seemed ludicrous to think of drinking its water , which was not fit even for cattle . 1 Stadtgesch . II . In the absence of ...
... springs could still be seen out- side the Gate of Diochares , near the Lyceum , but to later writers it seemed ludicrous to think of drinking its water , which was not fit even for cattle . 1 Stadtgesch . II . In the absence of ...
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... spring with the evidence of other writers . The other chief authority as to this spring is Thucydides . In his account of the early city of Athens , he says that it comprised only the Acropolis and the district imme- diately to the ...
... spring with the evidence of other writers . The other chief authority as to this spring is Thucydides . In his account of the early city of Athens , he says that it comprised only the Acropolis and the district imme- diately to the ...
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... spring regarded as the chief source of the life and fertility of the region ; and so it is evident that Callirrhoe or Enneacrunus must have enjoyed such special honour in Athens . The epithet yaμоoτóλos , applied by Nonnus ' to the ...
... spring regarded as the chief source of the life and fertility of the region ; and so it is evident that Callirrhoe or Enneacrunus must have enjoyed such special honour in Athens . The epithet yaμоoτóλos , applied by Nonnus ' to the ...
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Ernest Arthur Gardner. to the position of the spring , which has been disputed , mainly from the difficulty of reconciling the description of Enneacrunus by Pausanias with other indications ; but , Pausanias apart , ' there is ...
Ernest Arthur Gardner. to the position of the spring , which has been disputed , mainly from the difficulty of reconciling the description of Enneacrunus by Pausanias with other indications ; but , Pausanias apart , ' there is ...
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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