Travels in Asia Minor, and Greece:: Or, An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Τόμος 2J. Booker and R. Priestley, 1817 - 671 σελίδες |
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... of the sailors , his brother , fell overboard ; but swimming he was soon taken up . We came between Lesbos and Chios , passed by the north end of the latter , and , as Nestor did on his return from Troy , toward 2 TRAVELS IN GREECE .
... of the sailors , his brother , fell overboard ; but swimming he was soon taken up . We came between Lesbos and Chios , passed by the north end of the latter , and , as Nestor did on his return from Troy , toward 2 TRAVELS IN GREECE .
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... The distant hills continued hazy ; but the wind being fair , we embarked on the second evening after our landing at Su- * Strabo . In Pliny forty - two miles . nium , and setting sail passed very near to a 10 TRAVELS IN GREECE .
... The distant hills continued hazy ; but the wind being fair , we embarked on the second evening after our landing at Su- * Strabo . In Pliny forty - two miles . nium , and setting sail passed very near to a 10 TRAVELS IN GREECE .
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... passed very near to a small island called Gaitharonesi " Asses Island , " a naked rock , except a few bunches of thyme ; not even a shrub growing on it ; the clefts inhabited by wild pigeons . It once bore the name of Patroclus , by ...
... passed very near to a small island called Gaitharonesi " Asses Island , " a naked rock , except a few bunches of thyme ; not even a shrub growing on it ; the clefts inhabited by wild pigeons . It once bore the name of Patroclus , by ...
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... passed round the eastern end of the island , near a pointed rock called Turlo , and sometimes mistaken for a ves- sel under sail ; the city Ægina fronting Libs , or the south west . The coast was mostly abrupt and inaccessible ; the ...
... passed round the eastern end of the island , near a pointed rock called Turlo , and sometimes mistaken for a ves- sel under sail ; the city Ægina fronting Libs , or the south west . The coast was mostly abrupt and inaccessible ; the ...
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... passed early into Attica ; where by the sea - side , without the Piræus , at a place called Phreattys , was a tribunal , at which fugitives , for involuntary murder , were permitted to appear on any new accusation , and to plead from ...
... passed early into Attica ; where by the sea - side , without the Piræus , at a place called Phreattys , was a tribunal , at which fugitives , for involuntary murder , were permitted to appear on any new accusation , and to plead from ...
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acropolis adorned Ægina afterwards agora Albanian altar ancient Apollo archon Areopagus Argos Athenians Athens Attica Bacchus beneath Boeotia Brauron Cæsar called cave Cephissus Ceramicus Ceres CHAP church citadel coast columns Corinth deities Delphi descended distance Doric Doric order edifice Eleusis emperor erected feet Gastouni gate goddess Greece Greek gulf Hadrian hill houses hundred Hymettus Ilissus inclosure inscribed inscription island isthmus Jupiter land Luke Marathon marble Megara Methana miles Minerva monastery monument Morea Mount mountain Munychia named narrow Neptune Olympia parthenon passed Patræ Pausanias Peloponnesus Pentele person Phalerum Phocis Piræus Pisistratus plain port portico priest promontory propyléa road rock roof ruin sacred sailed Salamis sepulchres shore side spot stadia stadium standing statue stone Strabo summit Sunium temple of Diana temple of Jupiter temple of Minerva temple of Venus theatre Theseus tion town Turkish Turks vaiwode vessels victory village wall Wheler wind Zante
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Σελίδα 139 - ... hanging loosely about her limbs; the lower portion embroidered with flowers, and appearing beneath the shift, which has the sleeves wide and open, and the seams and edges curiously adorned with needle-work. Her vest is of silk, exactly fitted to the form of the bosom, and the shape of the body, which it rather covers than conceals, and is'shorter than the shift.
Σελίδα 140 - Aurora, is rosy-fingered, the tips being stained. — Her necklace is a string of zechins, a species of gold coin, or of the pieces called byzantines. At her cheeks is a lock of hair, made to curl towards the face ; and down her back falls a profusion of tresses, spreading over her shoulders.
Σελίδα 59 - The door of the cell was on the left hand, and at the farther end of the passage was a door leading down into the pandroseum, which was contiguous. Before the temple of Neptune...
Σελίδα 53 - The Venetians, under Koningsmark, when they besieged the acropolis in 1687, threw a bomb, which demolished the roof, and, setting fire to some powder, did much damage to the fabric. The floor, which is indented, still witnesses the place of its fall. This was the sad forerunner of farther destruction ; the Turks breaking the stones, and applying them to the building of a new mosque, which stands within the ruin, or to the repairing of their houses and the walls of the fortress. The vast pile of ponderous...
Σελίδα 46 - The propylea have ceased to be the entrance of the acropolis. The passage, which was between the columns in the centre, is walled up almost to their capitals, and above is a battery of cannon. The way now winds before the front of the ancient...
Σελίδα 139 - There the girl, like Thetis, treading on a soft carpet, has her white and delicate feet naked, the nails tinged with red. Her trowsers, which in winter are of red cloth, and in summer of fine calico, or thin gauze, descend from the hip to the ancle, hanging...
Σελίδα 136 - He was abfent when we arrived; but on his return to Athens, fent us a prefent of fine fruit and of honey from M. Hymettus ; and came to vifit us at the convent, on horfeback, attended by a virger and fome of his clergy on foot, He was a comely and portly man, with a black thick beard. A .traditional...
Σελίδα 53 - Koningsmark, when they besieged the acropolis in 1687, threw a bomb, which demolished the roof, and, setting fire to some powder, did much damage to the fabric. The floor, which is indented, still witnesses the place of its fall. This was the sad forerunner of farther destruction ; the Turks breaking the stones, and applying them to the building of a new mosque, which stands within the ruin, or to the repairing of their houses and the walls of the fortress. The vast pile of ponderous materials, which...
Σελίδα 137 - Turkiih women, is not only impenetrable, but mult not be regarded on the outfide with any degree of attention. To approach them, when" abroad, will give offence; and in the town, if they cannot be avoided, it is the culiom to turn to the wall and uand dill, without looking toward them while they pafs.
Σελίδα 53 - Paul/icon, and the temple of the unknown God. The Venetians under Koningsmark, when they besieged the acropolis in 1687, threw a bomb, which demolished the roof, and setting fire to some powder, did much damage to the fabric. The floor, which is indented, still witnesses the place of its fall. This...