Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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Page 46
... course of the ramparts , computed at about two miles in circuit , observing that they still retain near the base considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also ...
... course of the ramparts , computed at about two miles in circuit , observing that they still retain near the base considerable remains of the old Greek masonry , formed of immense blocks , and closely joined without cement : I also ...
Page 59
... course to a quarter of the town called Resalibra , at no great distance from the fortifications , where we saw the fragments of two fine Doric columns in a dwelling house upon the site of Diana's ancient temple . Their proportions were ...
... course to a quarter of the town called Resalibra , at no great distance from the fortifications , where we saw the fragments of two fine Doric columns in a dwelling house upon the site of Diana's ancient temple . Their proportions were ...
Page 73
... course to some baths lately excavated by Lando- lina , where he found that beautiful torso of Venus which is the pride of the Syracusan museum . A descent of thirty steps led us past several chambers to a narrow passage which turned ...
... course to some baths lately excavated by Lando- lina , where he found that beautiful torso of Venus which is the pride of the Syracusan museum . A descent of thirty steps led us past several chambers to a narrow passage which turned ...
Page 75
... course , lead to spacious squares and corridors formed by different converging avenues : in the more con- spicuous situation which these areas afford are found many de- tached tombs of a large size , destined probably for the reception ...
... course , lead to spacious squares and corridors formed by different converging avenues : in the more con- spicuous situation which these areas afford are found many de- tached tombs of a large size , destined probably for the reception ...
Page 79
... course of the cliffs and crags , which for the most part surrounded this magnificent quarter , we observed frequent vestiges of its fortifications * . * Polybius thus describes them : Ουσης γὰρ ὀχυρᾶς τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὸ κεῖσθαι κύκλῳ τὸ ...
... course of the cliffs and crags , which for the most part surrounded this magnificent quarter , we observed frequent vestiges of its fortifications * . * Polybius thus describes them : Ουσης γὰρ ὀχυρᾶς τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὸ κεῖσθαι κύκλῳ τὸ ...
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