The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... buildings . There seems little reason to doubt that the earliest settle- ent ment on Athenian soil was upon the cliff afterwards famous as the Acropolis . Such is the express statement of Thucydides ( ii . 15 ) , who observes that the ...
... buildings . There seems little reason to doubt that the earliest settle- ent ment on Athenian soil was upon the cliff afterwards famous as the Acropolis . Such is the express statement of Thucydides ( ii . 15 ) , who observes that the ...
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... buildings within the walls under- went great alteration and improvements under the govern- ment of Pisistratus and ... buildings in the Agora of later and ascertained dates will be enumerated in their proper place . meicy | | Gates . The ...
... buildings within the walls under- went great alteration and improvements under the govern- ment of Pisistratus and ... buildings in the Agora of later and ascertained dates will be enumerated in their proper place . meicy | | Gates . The ...
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... building of greater architectural importance and of The Diony . equal interest belongs to this same period . Dramatic ... buildings had been destroyed or burnt , and the private dwellings had been wantonly defaced or ruined by neglect ...
... building of greater architectural importance and of The Diony . equal interest belongs to this same period . Dramatic ... buildings had been destroyed or burnt , and the private dwellings had been wantonly defaced or ruined by neglect ...
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... building of the north wall of the Acropolis ( Dyer , p . 121 ) , Themistocles pro- ceeded to fortify the Piraeus ... buildings which adorned Piraeus doubtless arose with growth of Athenian commerce . The harbour - basin was lined ...
... building of the north wall of the Acropolis ( Dyer , p . 121 ) , Themistocles pro- ceeded to fortify the Piraeus ... buildings which adorned Piraeus doubtless arose with growth of Athenian commerce . The harbour - basin was lined ...
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... building of the Long Walls and the laying out of the Piraeus by Pericles ; but it was the Acropolis itself which witnessed the greatest splendours of his administration . Within its limited area arose buildings and statues , on which ...
... building of the Long Walls and the laying out of the Piraeus by Pericles ; but it was the Acropolis itself which witnessed the greatest splendours of his administration . Within its limited area arose buildings and statues , on which ...
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