Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... Ornaments of it --- Cella , with its Ornaments --- Adytum --- Statue of the God --- Its Deportation to Byzantium --- Oracular Chasm --- Tripod --- Priestess --- Tapestry , Subjects of its Embroidery , and Uses -- Edituus or Su ...
... Ornaments of it --- Cella , with its Ornaments --- Adytum --- Statue of the God --- Its Deportation to Byzantium --- Oracular Chasm --- Tripod --- Priestess --- Tapestry , Subjects of its Embroidery , and Uses -- Edituus or Su ...
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... ornament on the exterior of this temple , nor did it require any its sublimity and majestic proportions accorded not with decoration ; even without it they were worthy of that Deity whose arm was thought to guide the thunderbolt . In ...
... ornament on the exterior of this temple , nor did it require any its sublimity and majestic proportions accorded not with decoration ; even without it they were worthy of that Deity whose arm was thought to guide the thunderbolt . In ...
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... ornament being a pediment supported by two Doric columns between the Antæ , or pilasters , at the angles * : its or 66 ἐν the Latins . dwelt under the same roof , were styled Θέοι σύνναοι , ὁμόναοι , or συνέσιοι and Deos Contubernales ...
... ornament being a pediment supported by two Doric columns between the Antæ , or pilasters , at the angles * : its or 66 ἐν the Latins . dwelt under the same roof , were styled Θέοι σύνναοι , ὁμόναοι , or συνέσιοι and Deos Contubernales ...
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... ornament of the * Και Καλλιπύγῳ θύεσι Συρακόσιοι ἢ Νίκανδρος ὁ ποιητὴς καλλίγλυτόν πυ κέκληκεν . Cl . Alex . V. II . p . 33. Havercamp thinks that some of the beautiful heads which decorate the Syracusan coins , and are thought to ...
... ornament of the * Και Καλλιπύγῳ θύεσι Συρακόσιοι ἢ Νίκανδρος ὁ ποιητὴς καλλίγλυτόν πυ κέκληκεν . Cl . Alex . V. II . p . 33. Havercamp thinks that some of the beautiful heads which decorate the Syracusan coins , and are thought to ...
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... ornaments of gold : we had scarcely time to examine these early attempts in the graphic art , when our guide , who had been restless and uneasy for some time , hurried us on towards the class of monumental inscriptions , which we soon ...
... ornaments of gold : we had scarcely time to examine these early attempts in the graphic art , when our guide , who had been restless and uneasy for some time , hurried us on towards the class of monumental inscriptions , which we soon ...
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