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" Ionic peristylar building, with fourteen columns running round a solid cella, and statues in the intercolumniations, the whole elevated on a base, which stands upon two steps. This building has by some been considered a trophy in memory of the conquest... "
A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries of the British Museum - Page 71
1879 - 239 pages
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Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum

British Museum - 1852 - 280 pages
...The object of this building has not yet been clearly ascertained ; by some it has been considered as a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus, in the 3rd year of the 58th Olympiad, BC 545, and probably erected about the 76th Olympiad,...
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The British Museum, Historical and Descriptive ...

David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...little building was erected, is not known. ' By some,' says the synopsis, ' it has been considered as a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus, B. c. 545, and probably erected about BC 476; by others the sculptures have been placed as...
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Guide to the exhibition rooms of the departments of natural history and ...

British museum - 1860 - 132 pages
...the whole elevated on a base, which stands upon two steps. This building has by some been considered a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus, BC 545, though it was probably not erected till some time in the next century. Another conjecture...
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British Miscellany

1865 - 642 pages
...the whole elevated on a base, which stands upon two steps. This building has by some been considered a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus, BC 545, though it was probably not erected till some time in the next century. Another conjecture...
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The student's ancient history. The ancient history of the East

Philip Smith - 1871 - 620 pages
...base : among them we see Gfretk warriors in conflict with Asiatics. The building is supposed by some to have been a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus (BC 545), though it was probably not erected till some time in the following century. Another...
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A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and ...

British Museum - 1874 - 178 pages
...the whole elevated on a base, which stands upon two steps. This building has by some been considered a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagos, BC 545. Another conjecture is that the bas-reliefs represent the suppression by the Persian satrap of Lycia...
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A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and ...

British Museum (Natural History) - 1877 - 178 pages
...the whole elevated on a base, which stands upon two steps. This building has by some been considered a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagos, BC 545. Another conjecture is that the reliefs represent the suppression by the Persian satrap of Lycia of...
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The Ancient History of the East: From the Earliest Times to the Conquest by ...

Philip Smith - 1881 - 634 pages
...base : among them we see Greek warriors in conflict with Asiatics. The building is supposed by some to have been a trophy in memory of the conquest of Lycia by the Persians under Harpagus (BC 545), though it was probably not erected till some time in the following century. Another...
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