Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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... Age and Poems --- Treasuries of Atreus --- Defence of the Argive Character CHAPTER VIII . Cross the Plain of Argos --- River Inachus --- Cave of the Nemean Lion --- Nemea - Cleonæ --- Ar- rival at Corinth --- Excellent Character of the ...
... Age and Poems --- Treasuries of Atreus --- Defence of the Argive Character CHAPTER VIII . Cross the Plain of Argos --- River Inachus --- Cave of the Nemean Lion --- Nemea - Cleonæ --- Ar- rival at Corinth --- Excellent Character of the ...
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... Ages connected with Parnassus --- First View of Delphi --- Reflections thereon --- Scene for a Painter described --- Ruins of ancient Edifices --- Tombs --- Monastery of the Panagia on the Site of the Gymnasium --- Character of the ...
... Ages connected with Parnassus --- First View of Delphi --- Reflections thereon --- Scene for a Painter described --- Ruins of ancient Edifices --- Tombs --- Monastery of the Panagia on the Site of the Gymnasium --- Character of the ...
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... ages subsequent to its foundation , an Ionian colony may have settled there , which would reconcile historical discrepances . The best authors derive its Grecian name ( " Akpayas ) from a neighbouring river that washed its E. and ...
... ages subsequent to its foundation , an Ionian colony may have settled there , which would reconcile historical discrepances . The best authors derive its Grecian name ( " Akpayas ) from a neighbouring river that washed its E. and ...
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... ages which converted it into a Christian church . That of Hercules , the next in order , seems to have been demolished by the violence of an earthquake , as it lies in all the confusion which such an overthrow would be ex- pected to ...
... ages which converted it into a Christian church . That of Hercules , the next in order , seems to have been demolished by the violence of an earthquake , as it lies in all the confusion which such an overthrow would be ex- pected to ...
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... ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar instance of zealous devotion Jupiter ...
... ages he observes , that its mouth and chin , though made of bronze , were actually worn by the kisses of its admiring votaries ; " oscula per- spicuo figunt impressa metallo . " By a similar instance of zealous devotion Jupiter ...
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