A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Abacaenum-HytanisWilliam Smith J. Murray, 1878 - 2491 من الصفحات |
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... Harbour and ruins of Cnidus Coin of Cnidus Coin of Cnosus Coin of Colophon - Coin of Comana in Pontus Coin of Byzantium Plan of Constantinople Coin of Corcyra Plan of Corinth Colonial coin of Corinth Harbour of Cenchreae 632 Coin of ...
... Harbour and ruins of Cnidus Coin of Cnidus Coin of Cnosus Coin of Colophon - Coin of Comana in Pontus Coin of Byzantium Plan of Constantinople Coin of Corcyra Plan of Corinth Colonial coin of Corinth Harbour of Cenchreae 632 Coin of ...
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... harbour Aristo- nautae , and its dependent fortresses Olurus and Goncessa , or Donussa : AEGEIRA , with its fortress Phelloë : AEGAE : BURA : CERYNEIA : HELICE : AEGIUM , with the dependent places Leuctrum and Erineum : the harbour of ...
... harbour Aristo- nautae , and its dependent fortresses Olurus and Goncessa , or Donussa : AEGEIRA , with its fortress Phelloë : AEGAE : BURA : CERYNEIA : HELICE : AEGIUM , with the dependent places Leuctrum and Erineum : the harbour of ...
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... harbour has been transferred from the coast into the interior . On the Acheron Aidoneus , the king of the lower ... Harbour , because the water was fresh on account of the quan- tity poured into it from the lake and river . Seylax and ...
... harbour has been transferred from the coast into the interior . On the Acheron Aidoneus , the king of the lower ... Harbour , because the water was fresh on account of the quan- tity poured into it from the lake and river . Seylax and ...
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... harbour as situated out- side of the gulf . On the opposite coast of Epirus , Augustus founded the city of Nicopolis in honour of his victory . [ NICOPOLIS . ] Actium was pro- perly not a town , though it is sometimes described as such ...
... harbour as situated out- side of the gulf . On the opposite coast of Epirus , Augustus founded the city of Nicopolis in honour of his victory . [ NICOPOLIS . ] Actium was pro- perly not a town , though it is sometimes described as such ...
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... harbour , mentioned by Pausanias. afterwards , Aegina was the chief seat of Greek art , and gave its name to a school , the most eminent artists of which were Callon , Anaxagoras , Glaucias , Simon , and Onatas , of whom an account is ...
... harbour , mentioned by Pausanias. afterwards , Aegina was the chief seat of Greek art , and gave its name to a school , the most eminent artists of which were Callon , Anaxagoras , Glaucias , Simon , and Onatas , of whom an account 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...