Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page xi
... Oracle --- Delphic Laurel --- Departure to Salona --- Albanian Vaivode --- Description of Salona --- Acropolis of Amphissa --- Inhabitants --- Set sail on the Gulf of Crissa --- Dangerous Voyage --- Land at Galaxithi --- Its Navy and ...
... Oracle --- Delphic Laurel --- Departure to Salona --- Albanian Vaivode --- Description of Salona --- Acropolis of Amphissa --- Inhabitants --- Set sail on the Gulf of Crissa --- Dangerous Voyage --- Land at Galaxithi --- Its Navy and ...
Page xii
... it A Dissertation on the Oracle of Dodona ; with an Appendix on the Site of that of Delphi . By Samuel Butler , D. D. Head Master of Shrewsbury School .... PAGE 430 471 485 509 LIST OF PLATES . VOL . I. PLAN of ancient 1.
... it A Dissertation on the Oracle of Dodona ; with an Appendix on the Site of that of Delphi . By Samuel Butler , D. D. Head Master of Shrewsbury School .... PAGE 430 471 485 509 LIST OF PLATES . VOL . I. PLAN of ancient 1.
Page 212
... 540-1 , we may observe here that Olen , a poet who flourished before the age of Orpheus , and is supposed by some to have established the oracle at Delphi , was a Lycian . ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCED BY THEM . 213 customs * resided in.
... 540-1 , we may observe here that Olen , a poet who flourished before the age of Orpheus , and is supposed by some to have established the oracle at Delphi , was a Lycian . ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCED BY THEM . 213 customs * resided in.
Page 321
... oracle which Pausanias has preserved . The sites of these and many other interesting monuments may be traced , though not * Such as the stadium , the gymnasium of Iolaus , and the hippodrome in which was the tomb of Pindar . * VOL . I ...
... oracle which Pausanias has preserved . The sites of these and many other interesting monuments may be traced , though not * Such as the stadium , the gymnasium of Iolaus , and the hippodrome in which was the tomb of Pindar . * VOL . I ...
Page 331
... earth , the orifice being surrounded by a circular basement of marble adorned with brazen obelisks or tur- rets ; the situation of the oracle is fixed upon one of those lofty crags 332 CAVE OF TROPHONIUS . or cliffs which tower above UU 2.
... earth , the orifice being surrounded by a circular basement of marble adorned with brazen obelisks or tur- rets ; the situation of the oracle is fixed upon one of those lofty crags 332 CAVE OF TROPHONIUS . or cliffs which tower above UU 2.
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