Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page xi
... Sacred Feasts --- Decline and Extinction of the Oracle --- Delphic Laurel --- Departure to Salona --- Albanian Vaivode --- Description of Salona --- Acropolis of Amphissa --- Inhabitants --- Set sail on the Gulf of Crissa --- Dangerous ...
... Sacred Feasts --- Decline and Extinction of the Oracle --- Delphic Laurel --- Departure to Salona --- Albanian Vaivode --- Description of Salona --- Acropolis of Amphissa --- Inhabitants --- Set sail on the Gulf of Crissa --- Dangerous ...
Page 7
... sacred edifice of freedom , or have contented itself with introducing some practical reform into the established system of Sicilian legislature ; for instance , it might have obliged the nominal authorities to correct their worst abuses ...
... sacred edifice of freedom , or have contented itself with introducing some practical reform into the established system of Sicilian legislature ; for instance , it might have obliged the nominal authorities to correct their worst abuses ...
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... sacred charm around its rocks and mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian ...
... sacred charm around its rocks and mountains . Agrigentum , in its site , possessed something of the magnificent pecu- liar to itself . Nature traced out its plan in a vast platform of rock ; Art Strabo erred in calling it an Ionian ...
Page 20
... sacred festivals called Theoxenia , were instituted at Agrigentum . The SW . angle of the cliff is adorned by two elegant columns of the It is plain he never could have read the account of this very temple in Diod . Sic . nor have ...
... sacred festivals called Theoxenia , were instituted at Agrigentum . The SW . angle of the cliff is adorned by two elegant columns of the It is plain he never could have read the account of this very temple in Diod . Sic . nor have ...
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... sacred fish , which even in the extremity of famine were not to be touched without the vengeance of offended deities ; not a vestige remained of its former splendour , of Diana's grove , or that statue of the goddess which adorned its ...
... sacred fish , which even in the extremity of famine were not to be touched without the vengeance of offended deities ; not a vestige remained of its former splendour , of Diana's grove , or that statue of the goddess which adorned its ...
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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