A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Abacaenum-HytanisWilliam Smith J. Murray, 1878 - 2491 من الصفحات |
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... feet in length , and presenting much re- semblance to the more ancient fortifications of numerous Italian cities , from which they differ , however , in their comparatively small thickness . Among the most interesting remains of an ...
... feet in length , and presenting much re- semblance to the more ancient fortifications of numerous Italian cities , from which they differ , however , in their comparatively small thickness . Among the most interesting remains of an ...
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... feet . It contains generally shapeless masses of ruins , consisting of shattered columns and capitals , cisterns ... feet high , the diameter at its base is 7 feet and 7 inches ; the fallen obelisk has been mutilated , and , with the ...
... feet . It contains generally shapeless masses of ruins , consisting of shattered columns and capitals , cisterns ... feet high , the diameter at its base is 7 feet and 7 inches ; the fallen obelisk has been mutilated , and , with the ...
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... feet above the sea . Similar ridges , though of somewhat less elevation , divide the upper and lower vallies of the Arnus from each other , as well as that of the Tiber from the former . nium they diminish in height , though still ...
... feet above the sea . Similar ridges , though of somewhat less elevation , divide the upper and lower vallies of the Arnus from each other , as well as that of the Tiber from the former . nium they diminish in height , though still ...
الصفحة 155
... feet : the highest point of the Sila attains to nearly 6000 feet , and the summit of Aspromonte to above 4500 feet . ( For further de- tails concerning the geography of the Apennines , especially in Central Italy , the reader may ...
... feet : the highest point of the Sila attains to nearly 6000 feet , and the summit of Aspromonte to above 4500 feet . ( For further de- tails concerning the geography of the Apennines , especially in Central Italy , the reader may ...
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... feet in height , and having a triple row of columns , six in each row , with variously and gracefully foliaged capitals . The temple is 145 feet wide , and 424 feet long from the entrance to the opposite end . Every part of the walls is ...
... feet in height , and having a triple row of columns , six in each row , with variously and gracefully foliaged capitals . The temple is 145 feet wide , and 424 feet long from the entrance to the opposite end . Every part of the walls is ...
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الصفحة 72 - Towards the end of the first or the beginning of the second century after Christ, these lands were incorporated in the Roman empire.
الصفحة 259 - ... columns in all. These columns were 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 34 feet in height. The...
الصفحة 267 - They stand upon a basement 8 feet above the exterior level ; the roof which they support is flat, and about 15 feet above the floor of the building. The entire height of the portico, including the basement, was little more than half the height of the pitched roof of the temple. There appears to have been no access to this portico from the exterior of the building. There was no door in the wall behind this portico ; and the only access to it from the interior of the building was by a small flight...
الصفحة 259 - Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation, from the simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forms the first and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple...
الصفحة 243 - the flood of fire in which the marble columns, the mountains, and the sea are all bathed and penetrated", and of "the violet hue which Hymettus assumes in the evening sky, in contrast to the glowing furnace of the rock of Lycabettus and the rosy pyramid of Pentelicus".
الصفحة 256 - The façade of this temple and the pedestal of Agrippa (F), which is opposite to it, remain in shade for a considerable time after the front of the Propylaea has been lighted up, and they gradually receive every variety of light, until the sun is sufficiently on the decline to shine nearly equally on all the western faces of the entire group.
الصفحة 263 - On both sides, and towards the door, is a kind of gallery, made with two ranks of pillars, twenty-two below, and twentythree above. The odd pillar is over the arch of the entrance, which was left for the passage.
الصفحة 344 - ... varnish had been laid on to give a clearness of outline to each individual letter, and to protect the surface against the action of the elements. This varnish is of infinitely greater hardness than the limestone rock beneath it.
الصفحة 259 - ... the most perfect ever executed. Its dimensions of 228 feet by 101, with a height of 66 feet to the top of the pediment, were sufficiently great to give an appearance of grandeur and sublimity; and this impression was not disturbed by any obtrusive subdivision of parts, such as is found to diminish the...
الصفحة 93 - The tongue of land upon which it stood was singularly adapted to a commercial city. The island of Pharos broke the force of the north wind, and of the occasional high floods of the Mediterranean. The headland of Lochias sheltered its harbors to the east; the Lake Mareotis was both a wet-dock and the general haven of the inland navigation of the Nile valley, whether direct from Syene, or by the royal canal from...