Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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... Remarkable Instance of its Exertion --- Departure from Athens Albanian Cottage of Kassià at the Foot of Parnes CHAPTER XI . Passage over the Parnes --- Phyle --- Approach to Thebes --- Its Site --- Ismenus --- Arx Cadméa --- Excursion ...
... Remarkable Instance of its Exertion --- Departure from Athens Albanian Cottage of Kassià at the Foot of Parnes CHAPTER XI . Passage over the Parnes --- Phyle --- Approach to Thebes --- Its Site --- Ismenus --- Arx Cadméa --- Excursion ...
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... remarkable in the construction of this edifice : it was technically termed , Pseudo - dipteral , i . e . it was not encircled by a colonnade or portico , but the pillars projected from the wall rather more than a semi - circumference ...
... remarkable in the construction of this edifice : it was technically termed , Pseudo - dipteral , i . e . it was not encircled by a colonnade or portico , but the pillars projected from the wall rather more than a semi - circumference ...
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... remarkable contour and expres- sion of countenance , called Grecian , which is so beautifully pourtrayed , upon the ancient Sicilian coins : like all the nations of southern Europe , : ARRIVAL AT CASTRO GIOVANNI . 31 they are fervently 2.
... remarkable contour and expres- sion of countenance , called Grecian , which is so beautifully pourtrayed , upon the ancient Sicilian coins : like all the nations of southern Europe , : ARRIVAL AT CASTRO GIOVANNI . 31 they are fervently 2.
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... remarkable similarity of sound in the croaking of frogs to that combination of words by which Aristophanes endeavours to represent it . The following is a statement of the highest and lowest degrees at which the thermometer stood in ...
... remarkable similarity of sound in the croaking of frogs to that combination of words by which Aristophanes endeavours to represent it . The following is a statement of the highest and lowest degrees at which the thermometer stood in ...
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... remarkable things to be observed in it is a total change of the Syracusan dialect † , from its ancient broad Doric to the Ionic forms ; which , together with the similarity of the letters to those upon the monumental tablets , inclines ...
... remarkable things to be observed in it is a total change of the Syracusan dialect † , from its ancient broad Doric to the Ionic forms ; which , together with the similarity of the letters to those upon the monumental tablets , inclines ...
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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