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" ... columns in all. These columns were 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 34 feet in height. The... "
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: Abacaenum-Hytanis. 1854. v. 2 ... - Page 259
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A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum ...

British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Marble sculpture, Greek - 1830 - 226 pages
...platform of about 4 feet 6 inches high, and consisted of a cell, surrounded with a peristyle of 46 columns 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base and 34 feet in height, stand3 This appellation, 6 HapOtvwv, the virgin's habitation, was derived from the name by which the...
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The Topography of Athens: With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities, Volume 1

William Martin Leake - Athens - 1831 - 596 pages
...ascent of three steps. The total height of the temple above its platform was about sixty-five feet. Within the peristyle, at either end, there was an interior range of six columns, of five feet and a half in diameter, standing before the end of the cell, and forming a vestibule to its...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...Minerva. It was a peripteral octostyle, of the Doric order, with seventeen columns on the sides, each 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 34 feet in height, elevated on three steps. Its height from the base of the pediments was 65 feet, and the dimensions...
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The British Museum, Historical and Descriptive ...

David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...peri style, which had eight Doric columns in the fronts, and seventeen in the sides. These forty-six columns were 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 34 feet in height standing upon a pavement, to which there was an ascent of three steps. The total height of the temple...
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How to see the British museum, in 4 visits

William Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 248 pages
...ascent of three steps. The total height of the temple above its platform was about sixty-five feet. Within the peristyle at either end, there was an interior range of six columns, of five feet and a half in diameter, standing before the end of the cell, and forming a vestibule to its...
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How to See the British Museum, in Four Visits

Blanchard Jerrold - 1852 - 248 pages
...ascent of three steps. The total height of the temple above its platform was about sixty-five feet. Within the peristyle at either end, there was an interior range of six columns, of five feet and a half in diameter, standing before the end of the cell, and forming a vestibule to its...
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A History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest ...

William Smith - Greece - 1854 - 748 pages
...columns at either front, aiid 17 at either side (reckoning the corner columns twice), thus containing 46 columns in all. These columns were 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 34 feet in height. The cella was divided into two chambers of unequal size, the eastern one of which was about 98 feet...
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Demosthenes, with an Engl. comm. by R. Whiston, Volume 1

Demosthenes - 1859 - 630 pages
...step 101'341 English, or 100 Greek feet. The total length on the top of this step was 228-141 feet." " Within the peristyle at either end there was an interior range of 6 columns, of 5J feet in diameter (5-402. Penr. 10, 14), and 33 feet high, standing before the end...
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Demosthenes, Volume 1

Demosthenes - Oratory, Ancient - 1859 - 626 pages
...step 10Г341 English, or 100 Greek feet. The total length on the top of this step was 228-141 feet." " Within the peristyle at either end there was an interior range of 6 columns, of 5g feet in diameter (5'402. Penr. 10, 14), and 33 feet high, standing before the end...
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A History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest: With ...

William Smith - Greece - 1861 - 760 pages
...either front, and 17 at either side (reckoning the corner columns twice), thus containing 46 columns iu all. These columns were 6 feet 2 inches in diameter at the base, and 31 feet in height. The cella was divided into two chambers of unequal size, the eastern one of which...
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