Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 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 admiration adorned Agathocles Agrigentum Albanian amidst amongst Anapus ancient antiquity Apollo appeared Arethusa Argive Argos arrived ascended Athenian Athens beautiful called Catania cavern celebrated Cephalonia character church Cicero citadel curious Cyclopéan Cyclopes dedicated deity Delphi Dionysius discovered edifice Epipolæ erected Etna excavations extraordinary Fazzello feet festival formed Grecian Greece Greek harbour head height honour inhabitants inscription island Jupiter lava magnificent marble Messina modern monument Morea Mount Etna mountains Mycena noble observed ornament Ortygia Palermo pasha Pausan Pausanias plain Plutarch poet Polybius probably remains rock Roman ruins sacred scarcely scene sculpture seems sepulchre shew Sicilian Sicily side Signore soon spot statue stone stood Strabo summit supposed Syracusan Syracuse tatar temple theatre tion Tiryns tomb tower traveller Turkish Turks tyrant vaivode vases walls whilst Zacynthus Zante δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τε τὸ τὸν τῶν