Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... celebrated Antiquary D. Giuseppe Capodieci - Public Library of Syracuse - Monument of Hierocles - National Museum , Torso of Venus , Statues of Esculapius , Apollo , & c . Head of Jupiter Eleutherius , Marble Sarcophagi , Greek ...
... celebrated Antiquary D. Giuseppe Capodieci - Public Library of Syracuse - Monument of Hierocles - National Museum , Torso of Venus , Statues of Esculapius , Apollo , & c . Head of Jupiter Eleutherius , Marble Sarcophagi , Greek ...
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... celebrated Piscina , a vast reservoir , the con- struction of which employed that portion of Carthaginian prisoners , taken in the battle of Himera , which were allotted to the Agrigentine state . According to Diodorus , whose ...
... celebrated Piscina , a vast reservoir , the con- struction of which employed that portion of Carthaginian prisoners , taken in the battle of Himera , which were allotted to the Agrigentine state . According to Diodorus , whose ...
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... celebrated walls which formed a most dis- tinguishing feature in the prospect of Agrigentum † ; so immense were these ramparts , that they appear to have been used even for sepulchres , and turned into a vast mural cemetery ; in one ...
... celebrated walls which formed a most dis- tinguishing feature in the prospect of Agrigentum † ; so immense were these ramparts , that they appear to have been used even for sepulchres , and turned into a vast mural cemetery ; in one ...
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... celebrated orator , whose chief excellence consisted in the tremendous tones of his voice , and an action so furious as to approach the gestures of a maniac . The discourse was delivered , ac- cording to custom , extempore , and lasted ...
... celebrated orator , whose chief excellence consisted in the tremendous tones of his voice , and an action so furious as to approach the gestures of a maniac . The discourse was delivered , ac- cording to custom , extempore , and lasted ...
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... celebrating the season with festive mirth and bands of music : we frequently observed long trains of both sexes , with gar- lands of flowers , following their coryphæus or leader , whose solo verse was repeated by the rest in chorus ...
... celebrating the season with festive mirth and bands of music : we frequently observed long trains of both sexes , with gar- lands of flowers , following their coryphæus or leader , whose solo verse was repeated by the rest in chorus ...
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