Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... Remains of Antiquity in Tycha - Athenian Wall of Circumvallation - Wall of Dionysius - Fortress of Hexapylon -Marcellus weeping over Syracuse -- Reflections thereon - Battle with a Snake - Labdalus -Ancient Masonry - Species called ...
... Remains of Antiquity in Tycha - Athenian Wall of Circumvallation - Wall of Dionysius - Fortress of Hexapylon -Marcellus weeping over Syracuse -- Reflections thereon - Battle with a Snake - Labdalus -Ancient Masonry - Species called ...
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... Remains --- Molossian Dogs --- Climate CHAPTER XVII . Departure for an Excursion into Thesprotia --- Scenery --- Greek Chapels , & c .--- Ruins of an ancient City --- Theatre and Walls --- Conjectures on its Site --- Village of Dramisus ...
... Remains --- Molossian Dogs --- Climate CHAPTER XVII . Departure for an Excursion into Thesprotia --- Scenery --- Greek Chapels , & c .--- Ruins of an ancient City --- Theatre and Walls --- Conjectures on its Site --- Village of Dramisus ...
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... remains of those magnificent cities , which abounded in this once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than ...
... remains of those magnificent cities , which abounded in this once flourishing island , and still attest , even in their fall , that unrivalled taste and grandeur of sentiment , which distin- guished the Grecian colonies no less than ...
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... remains of a long building raised on pilasters , and which , from its situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps ...
... remains of a long building raised on pilasters , and which , from its situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps ...
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... remains , I was able to prove the truth of this assertion by measuring some fluting attached to one of the prostrate capitals , which I found exactly twenty inches in curvature : this by the gradual swell of the column would have ...
... remains , I was able to prove the truth of this assertion by measuring some fluting attached to one of the prostrate capitals , which I found exactly twenty inches in curvature : this by the gradual swell of the column would have ...
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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