Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, المجلد 1William Smith Walton and Maberly, 1856 - 2491 من الصفحات |
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... Parthenon restored 271 82 Ground plan of the Parthenon 273 87 The Erechtheium restored , viewed from the 96 NW . angle 277 · 104 Ground plan of the Erechtheium 278 Coin of Aluntium 113 The salt well of the Erechtheium 280 Coin of Alyzia ...
... Parthenon restored 271 82 Ground plan of the Parthenon 273 87 The Erechtheium restored , viewed from the 96 NW . angle 277 · 104 Ground plan of the Erechtheium 278 Coin of Aluntium 113 The salt well of the Erechtheium 280 Coin of Alyzia ...
الصفحة 258
... Parthenon , the Erechtheium , and the Pro- pylaea ; in the city he erected a new Odeium ; and outside the walls he improved and enlarged the Lyceium . The completion of the Erechtheium ap- pears to have been prevented by the outbreak of ...
... Parthenon , the Erechtheium , and the Pro- pylaea ; in the city he erected a new Odeium ; and outside the walls he improved and enlarged the Lyceium . The completion of the Erechtheium ap- pears to have been prevented by the outbreak of ...
الصفحة 259
... Parthenon , or temple of in its widest sense , including the Polis . Sometimes , the Virgin - goddess , became a ... Parthenon was now converted from a Christian church into a Turkish mosque . In 1687 the build- ings of the Acropolis ...
... Parthenon , or temple of in its widest sense , including the Polis . Sometimes , the Virgin - goddess , became a ... Parthenon was now converted from a Christian church into a Turkish mosque . In 1687 the build- ings of the Acropolis ...
الصفحة 265
... Parthenon , a statue of ivory and gold , the work of Pheidias . The third was the Athena Promachus , a colossal statue of bronze , also the work of Pheidias , standing erect , with helmet , spear , and shield . Of these three sta- tues ...
... Parthenon , a statue of ivory and gold , the work of Pheidias . The third was the Athena Promachus , a colossal statue of bronze , also the work of Pheidias , standing erect , with helmet , spear , and shield . Of these three sta- tues ...
الصفحة 267
... Parthenon . 2. Erechtheium . 3. Propylaea . 4. Temple of Nike Apte- ros : beneath Temple of Ge Curotrophus and De ... Parthenon to the right ; both offering angular views , according to the usual custom of the Greeks in arranging the ...
... Parthenon . 2. Erechtheium . 3. Propylaea . 4. Temple of Nike Apte- ros : beneath Temple of Ge Curotrophus and De ... Parthenon to the right ; both offering angular views , according to the usual custom of the Greeks in arranging the ...
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الصفحة 56 - Towards the end of the first or the beginning of the second century after Christ, these lands were incorporated in the Roman empire.
الصفحة 237 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
الصفحة 250 - Parthenon, ... no two are parallel. This asymmetria is productive of very great beauty; for it not only obviates the dry uniformity of too many parallel lines, but also produces exquisite varieties of light and shade.
الصفحة 296 - Santo end a good watering-place for shipping; the water (except in very dry weather) runs out in a good stream. The distance across is 2500 yards, which agrees very well with the breadth of twelve stadia assigned by Herodotus. The width of the canal appears to have been about 18 or 20 feet; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 15 feet above the sea; the soil is a light clay.
الصفحة 96 - Strabo, the position of which, as already described, is exactly confirmed by the Stadiasmus, as well as by Ptolemy. There was a fourth pass, as Major Rennell has justly observed, which crossing Mount Amanus from the eastward, descended upon the centre of the head of the gulf, near Issus. By this pass it was that Dareius marched from Sochus, and took up his position on the banks of the Pinarus ; by which movement Alexander, who had just before marched from Mallus to Myriandrus, through the two maritime...
الصفحة 261 - This statue was made of olive-wood, and was said to have fallen down from heaven. Here was the sacred olive-tree, which Athena called forth from the earth in her contest with Poseidon for the possession of Attica; here also was the well of salt water which Poseidon produced by the stroke of his trident, the impression of which was seen upon the rock ; and here, lastly, was the tomb of Oecrops as well as that of Ercchtbeus. . . . The form of the Erechtheium differs from every other known example of...
الصفحة 259 - 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 352 - Roman marriages at the end of the first and the beginning of the second century were childless.
الصفحة 272 - Vestiges of brazen and goldencoloured arms, of a blue sky, and of blue, green, and red drapery, are still very apparent.
الصفحة 124 - By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united the inland advantages of Aleppo with the maritime opportunities of Smyrna.