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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAcarnania according Achelous acropolis affirms afterwards alluded ancient Apollo Aristoph Athenians Athens Attic battle Boeot Boeotians called celebrated Cephissus Chalcis Chandl citadel coast Delphi Demosth Demosthenes demus Diana Dicaearchus Diod Dodwell Eniadae Euboea Eustath Gell Gell's Itiner Graec Greece Harpocr Hell Herod Herodotus Hesych hill Homer iEschin iEtolians inhabitants island Itiner Itinerary Lacedaemonians Laert lake latter Leake's Topogr Livy Locri Macedon Macedonian Marm Megara mentioned miles Minerva modern mount mountain Naupactus nians noticed occupied Oropus Parnassus Pausan Pausanias Peloponnesian Pericles Persian Philip Phoc Phocians Phocis Piraeus Plat Plataea Plin Pliny Plut Plutarch Polyb Polybius port probably remains river Romans ruins sacred Salamis Schol Scyl situated Soph Spartan Spon spot stadia statue Steph stood Strabo Suid temple territory Thebans Thebes Thuc Thucydides tion town Travels tribe vestiges vicinity VIII walls writers Popular passagesPage 330 - Phidias himself wrought the statue of the goddess, of ivory and gold, twenty-six cubits high, having on the top of her helmet a sphinx, with griffins on each of the sides; on the breast a head of Medusa wrought in ivory, and a figure of Victory, about four cubits high, holding a spear in her hand and a shield lying at her feet. Until the latter part of the seventeenth century, this magnificent temple, with all its ornaments, existed entire. During the siege of Athens by the Venetians, the central... Page 330 - These were six feet two inches in diameter at the base, and thirty-four feet in height, standing upon a pavement, to which there was an ascent of three steps, the total elevation of the temple being 65 feet from the ground; the length was £&, and the breadth 1O2 feet. Page 225 - ... in circuit ; its shape is nearly circular, and its appearance somewhat gloomy. This city is of great antiquity ; but it has been lately reconstructed, and the streets laid out afresh, having been three times overthrown, as history relates, on account of the pride and stubbornness of its inhabitants. It possesses great advantages for the breeding of horses, since it is plentifully provided with water, and abounds in green pastures and hills; it contains also better gardens than any other city... Page 333 - Athens, a little distance to the northwest of the Acropolis. It was so called in consequence, as it was said, of Mars having been the first person tried there, for the murder of Halirrhothius, son of Neptune. Page 17 - Nec mora : versus Amor tetigit lentissima Pyrrhae Pectora ; Deucalion igne levatus erat. Hanc legem locus ille tenet. Pete protinus altam Leucada ; nec saxo desiluisse time. Page 312 - Strabo estimates at 180 stadia, or upward of twenty-two miles. The number of gates belonging to ancient Athens is uncertain ; but the existence of nine has been ascertained by classical writers. The names of these are Dipylum (also called Thriasice, Sacra", and perhaps Ceramics), Diomi-iae, Diocharis, Melitides, Piraicffi, Acharnicffi, Itoniic, Hippades, Hcrise. Page 106 - The acquisition of Naupactus was of great importance to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian war, as it was an excellent station for their fleet in the Corinthian gulf, and not only afforded them the means of keeping up a communication with Corcyra and Acarnania, but enabled them also to watch the motions of the enemy on the opposite coast, and to guard against any designs they might form against their allies. Some important... Page 328 - This work was probably designed as well for the purposes of security and defence as that of ornament, from the massive solidity of its construction. The whole was of Pentelic marble, and, as Pausanias informs us, the size of the blocks surpassed all that he had ever seen. It consisted of a great vestibule, with a front of six Doric columns ; behind which was another, supported by as many pillars of the Ionic order; these formed the approach to the five gates or entrances to the citadel. On each side... Page 173 - I was, however, to be for once agreeably surprised; the narrow and low entrance of the cave, spread at once into a chamber 330 feet long, by nearly 200 wide ; the Stalactites from the top hung in the most graceful forms, the whole length of the roof, and fell, like drapery, down the sides. Page 311 - Athens attained the summit of its beauty and prosperity, both with respect to the power of the republic and the extent and magnificence of the architectural decorations with which the capital was adorned. At this period the whole of Athens with its three ports of... Bibliographic information
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