An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 65
... erected at periods which it is not easy to fix ; and with respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on ...
... erected at periods which it is not easy to fix ; and with respect to them , we can only , from circumstances connected with the island , reason on the dates to be assigned to them . The founding of the city of Selinus or Selinuns , on ...
Page 66
... erected a few years later . under the superintendence of Ictinus , is well known as one of the finest remains of antiquity Fig . 100 . As well as the building last mentioned , it was reared at the period when Pericles had the management ...
... erected a few years later . under the superintendence of Ictinus , is well known as one of the finest remains of antiquity Fig . 100 . As well as the building last mentioned , it was reared at the period when Pericles had the management ...
Page 67
... erected about 338 B. c . , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more favoured and cultivated . The last ... erected by the Greeks . In the Ionian Antiquities ( 2d edit . vol . i . c . 5. ) is to be found an account of its ...
... erected about 338 B. c . , and after it the Ionic order seems to have been more favoured and cultivated . The last ... erected by the Greeks . In the Ionian Antiquities ( 2d edit . vol . i . c . 5. ) is to be found an account of its ...
Page 69
... erected about 330 years B.C. , as appears from the inscription on the frieze . These Choragic buildings , usually of small dimensions , were erected in honour of those who , as choragi or leaders of the chorus in the musical games ...
... erected about 330 years B.C. , as appears from the inscription on the frieze . These Choragic buildings , usually of small dimensions , were erected in honour of those who , as choragi or leaders of the chorus in the musical games ...
Page 72
... erected for shelter in rainy weather , the theatre of the Greeks having no roof or covering . The theatre was always dedicated to Bacchus and Venus , the deities of sports and pleasures ; to the former , indeed , it is said they owe ...
... erected for shelter in rainy weather , the theatre of the Greeks having no roof or covering . The theatre was always dedicated to Bacchus and Venus , the deities of sports and pleasures ; to the former , indeed , it is said they owe ...
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