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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... taken -- Favoured by Constantine the Great - In danger from the Goths - Sacked by Alaric - A chasm in its history - Under various masters after the twelfth century - Unknown in the sixteenth -- Ancient extent of the walls . Ir was the ...
... taken -- Favoured by Constantine the Great - In danger from the Goths - Sacked by Alaric - A chasm in its history - Under various masters after the twelfth century - Unknown in the sixteenth -- Ancient extent of the walls . Ir was the ...
Σελίδα 31
... taken in the Persian war . The tyranny of Pisistratus was celebrated by his getting possession of the acropolis or citadel , from which he could command and overawe the town below . His son Hippias was expelled , and then followed the ...
... taken in the Persian war . The tyranny of Pisistratus was celebrated by his getting possession of the acropolis or citadel , from which he could command and overawe the town below . His son Hippias was expelled , and then followed the ...
Σελίδα 34
... taken , but soon re- covered . It is related , that Constantine , when emperor , gloried in the title of general of Athens , and rejoiced exceedingly on obtain- ing , from this people , the honour of a statue with an inscrip- tion ...
... taken , but soon re- covered . It is related , that Constantine , when emperor , gloried in the title of general of Athens , and rejoiced exceedingly on obtain- ing , from this people , the honour of a statue with an inscrip- tion ...
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... taken in 1427 by Sultan Morat . Boniface , marquis of Montserrat , possessed it , with a garrison ; after whom it was governed by Delves , of the house of Arragon . On his death , it was seized with Macedonia , Thessaly , Boeotia ...
... taken in 1427 by Sultan Morat . Boniface , marquis of Montserrat , possessed it , with a garrison ; after whom it was governed by Delves , of the house of Arragon . On his death , it was seized with Macedonia , Thessaly , Boeotia ...
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... taken from the ruins . A consi- derable sum had been recently expended on the side next Hy- mettus , which was finished before we arrived . The scaffold- ing had been removed to the end toward Pentele , but money was wanting , and the ...
... taken from the ruins . A consi- derable sum had been recently expended on the side next Hy- mettus , which was finished before we arrived . The scaffold- ing had been removed to the end toward Pentele , but money was wanting , and the ...
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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...