Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 1 pages |
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Page vii
... Monument of Hierocles - National Museum , Torso of Venus , Statues of Esculapius , Apollo , & c . Head of Jupiter Eleutherius , Marble Sarcophagi , Greek Paintings , epitaphial Inscriptions , Monu- ment of Perpenna ; Terra - cotta Vases ...
... Monument of Hierocles - National Museum , Torso of Venus , Statues of Esculapius , Apollo , & c . Head of Jupiter Eleutherius , Marble Sarcophagi , Greek Paintings , epitaphial Inscriptions , Monu- ment of Perpenna ; Terra - cotta Vases ...
Page viii
... Monument opposite Thapsus - Arrival at Catania - Descrip- tion of that City - Expedition to the Rocks of the Cyclopes - Ascent up Mount Etna- Description of the Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to ...
... Monument opposite Thapsus - Arrival at Catania - Descrip- tion of that City - Expedition to the Rocks of the Cyclopes - Ascent up Mount Etna- Description of the Mountain with its various Phenomena - Journey to Giardini - Ascent to ...
Page x
... Monument of Lysicrates --- Court of Judicature held by the Archbishop , & c .--- Power of the Turkish Of- ficers and Vaivode --- Patriarchal Power of the Turks over their own Families --- Remarkable Instance of its Exertion ...
... Monument of Lysicrates --- Court of Judicature held by the Archbishop , & c .--- Power of the Turkish Of- ficers and Vaivode --- Patriarchal Power of the Turks over their own Families --- Remarkable Instance of its Exertion ...
Page 16
... monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst them stood six majestic temples , of that severe Doric order , which so happily com- bines elegance and simplicity with solidity and grandeur . The S.E. angle is still seen crowned with the ruinated ...
... monuments of Grecian art ! Amongst them stood six majestic temples , of that severe Doric order , which so happily com- bines elegance and simplicity with solidity and grandeur . The S.E. angle is still seen crowned with the ruinated ...
Page 19
... monument of human genius , seem to have built it for eternity ; by that strange chance which frequently confounds all the devices of man , every trace of it is nearly swept away , whilst more humble and frail structures remain around it ...
... monument of human genius , seem to have built it for eternity ; by that strange chance which frequently confounds all the devices of man , every trace of it is nearly swept away , whilst more humble and frail structures remain around it ...
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Acradina acropolis adorned Albanian amidst amongst ancient antiquity Apollo appearance Arethusa Argive Argos arrived Athenian Athens beautiful called cavern celebrated character church Cicero citadel Cockerell curious Cyclopéan Cyclopes dedicated deity Delphi Dionysius discovered Dodona edifice Epirus excavations feet festival Grecian Greece Greek ground harbour head height honour inhabitants inscription Ioannina Ionian island Jupiter magnificent marble Messina modern Molossian monuments Morea mountains Mycena noble observed oracle ornament Ortygia palace pasha Pausan Pausanias plain Plutarch Polybius possession Prevesa probably remains rock Roman ruins sacred scarcely scene scenery seems sepulchre shew Sicilian Sicily side Signore soon spot statue stone stood Strabo summit supposed Syracusan Syracuse tatar temple theatre Thesprotia tion Tiryns tomb traveller Turkish Turks tyrant vaivode vizir walls whilst Zacynthus Zante δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῷ τῶν