 All the figures in the gable over the entrance to the temple 5 called the Parthenon relate to the birth of Athena. The back gable contains the strife of Poseidon with Athena for the possession of the land. The image itself is made of ivory and gold. Its...  The Acropolis of Athens - Page 351by Martin Luther D'Ooge - 1909 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Such is their mode of procedure. C~ 5. AD the figures in the gable over the entrance to the temple 5 called the Parthenon relate to the birth of Athena....side of the helmet are griffins wrought in relief. 3 6. Aristeas 6 of Proconnesus says in his poem that these griffins fight for the gold with the Arimaspians... | |
 | Robert Urie Jacob - 1907 - 410 pages
...Greek historian, Pausanias." The professor, drawing a note book from his pocket, read as follows : ' ' The image itself is made of ivory and gold. Its helmet is surmounted in the middle by the figure of a sphinx, and on either side of the helmet are griffins wrought in relief. The image... | |
 | Robert Urie Jacob - 1907 - 408 pages
...Greek historian, Pausanias. " The professor, drawing a note book from his pocket, read as follows: "The image itself is made of ivory and gold. Its helmet is surmounted in the middle by the figure of a sphinx, and on either side of the helmet are griffins wrought in relief. The image... | |
 | 1920 - 370 pages
...Translated with a Commentary1, 1.35-36 (Macmillan, London, 1913): . . . Such is their mode of procedure. All the figures in the gable over the entrance to...treat of Boeotia), and on either side of the helmet an griffins wrought in relief. Aristeas of Proconnesus says in his poem that these griffins fight for... | |
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