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 of the Acropolis , none of which , however , are so full of significance as the Parthenon itself . For , indeed , standing as it does on the highest point of Athenian soil , its erection marked the culminating point of ...
... buildings of the Acropolis , none of which , however , are so full of significance as the Parthenon itself . For , indeed , standing as it does on the highest point of Athenian soil , its erection marked the culminating point of ...
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... buildings of Cimon . Perhaps before the 18th century this building was pulled down by the Turks , and the only remains of it - parts of the frieze built into a wall - which were known in his day were carried off by Lord Elgin , and are ...
... buildings of Cimon . Perhaps before the 18th century this building was pulled down by the Turks , and the only remains of it - parts of the frieze built into a wall - which were known in his day were carried off by Lord Elgin , and are ...
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... buildings ( happily not the most important ) were over- thrown , much of the sacred treasure was rifled by the ... building was dedicated out of the moneys given by Julius and Augustus . But there can be no reasonable doubt that these ...
... buildings ( happily not the most important ) were over- thrown , much of the sacred treasure was rifled by the ... building was dedicated out of the moneys given by Julius and Augustus . But there can be no reasonable doubt that these ...
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... buildings underwent restoration at his command . Nor was his bounty shown in works of building alone . He ceded to the Athenians the island of Cephallenia , and bestowed upon them large presents of money , and an annual largess of corn ...
... buildings underwent restoration at his command . Nor was his bounty shown in works of building alone . He ceded to the Athenians the island of Cephallenia , and bestowed upon them large presents of money , and an annual largess of corn ...
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... buildings have been carried out , - sent | chiefly through the efforts of the Archæological Society of Athens , but ... building of Pentelic marble , situated in the eastern quarter of the city , on the highest part of the gentle ...
... buildings have been carried out , - sent | chiefly through the efforts of the Archæological Society of Athens , but ... building of Pentelic marble , situated in the eastern quarter of the city , on the highest part of the gentle ...
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