Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page ix
... Origin and Character of the Cyclopes , & c .--- Architecture introduced by them , with its subsequent Improvements --- Nauplia --- Kind Reception by the Pasha --- Manners of the Turks --- Feast of the Bairam --- Curious Incident in the ...
... Origin and Character of the Cyclopes , & c .--- Architecture introduced by them , with its subsequent Improvements --- Nauplia --- Kind Reception by the Pasha --- Manners of the Turks --- Feast of the Bairam --- Curious Incident in the ...
Page xi
... Origin , and Privileges of that City --- Examination of its Antiquities --- Tombs --- Aqueduct --- Citadel --- Gateway and Walls --- Inscription , & c .---- Small Theatre --- Bath ---- Great Suburb --- Gymnasium --- Stadium --- Large ...
... Origin , and Privileges of that City --- Examination of its Antiquities --- Tombs --- Aqueduct --- Citadel --- Gateway and Walls --- Inscription , & c .---- Small Theatre --- Bath ---- Great Suburb --- Gymnasium --- Stadium --- Large ...
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... origin from Rhodes , and the Rhodians were of Dorian descent . Hence the Agrigentines are rightly styled Dorians by Lucian ( EXλnvés te övtec kài tò ȧpxãtov Awpicis Phal . prior 14 ) . Perhaps in ages subsequent to its foundation , an ...
... origin from Rhodes , and the Rhodians were of Dorian descent . Hence the Agrigentines are rightly styled Dorians by Lucian ( EXλnvés te övtec kài tò ȧpxãtov Awpicis Phal . prior 14 ) . Perhaps in ages subsequent to its foundation , an ...
Page 19
... origin : in fact three of the original caryatids remained perfect till the year 1401 , when they fell down by the shameful neglect of the inhabitants . They who first raised this mighty monument of human genius , seem to have built it ...
... origin : in fact three of the original caryatids remained perfect till the year 1401 , when they fell down by the shameful neglect of the inhabitants . They who first raised this mighty monument of human genius , seem to have built it ...
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... origin , but amongst them is still observed that remarkable contour and expres- sion of countenance , called Grecian , which is so beautifully pourtrayed the ancient Sicilian coins : like all the nations of southern Europe , upon ...
... origin , but amongst them is still observed that remarkable contour and expres- sion of countenance , called Grecian , which is so beautifully pourtrayed the ancient Sicilian coins : like all the nations of southern Europe , upon ...
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