A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the MoreaJ. Murray, 1837 - 399 pàgines |
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Pàgina 109
... Persian fleet , in the battle of Salamis . The manœuvre , by which we are told the enemy's fleet was put into confusion ... Persians rendered all attempt at restoring order in so narrow a strait perfectly vain . The height on which the ...
... Persian fleet , in the battle of Salamis . The manœuvre , by which we are told the enemy's fleet was put into confusion ... Persians rendered all attempt at restoring order in so narrow a strait perfectly vain . The height on which the ...
Pàgina 110
Edward Giffard. haughty Persian sate was behind us , the setting sun gilding its summit ; and had it not been that we were half famished , and greatly disappointed in not reaching Athens a day sooner , we should , no doubt , have ...
Edward Giffard. haughty Persian sate was behind us , the setting sun gilding its summit ; and had it not been that we were half famished , and greatly disappointed in not reaching Athens a day sooner , we should , no doubt , have ...
Pàgina 141
... Persian invasion ; and probably , further improved by Pericles . It is stated by take the sacred entrance ; and how can we doubt , as I have said , that he meant by onioɛ , the end where the ὄπισθόδομος was placed ? Pittakys ( p . 254 ) ...
... Persian invasion ; and probably , further improved by Pericles . It is stated by take the sacred entrance ; and how can we doubt , as I have said , that he meant by onioɛ , the end where the ὄπισθόδομος was placed ? Pittakys ( p . 254 ) ...
Pàgina 142
... Persians should have so totally razed the Hecatompedon , or that Themistocles should have so employed its remains ; nor do I think the quotation from Thucydides quite in point ; for the passage referred to ( lib . i . c . 93 ) seems to ...
... Persians should have so totally razed the Hecatompedon , or that Themistocles should have so employed its remains ; nor do I think the quotation from Thucydides quite in point ; for the passage referred to ( lib . i . c . 93 ) seems to ...
Pàgina 143
... Thucydides relates to the lower walls . Colonel Leake , in his introduction , argues very powerfully against the idea that the Persians had destroyed any considerable buildings . numerable statues , which we are told ex- isted in.
... Thucydides relates to the lower walls . Colonel Leake , in his introduction , argues very powerfully against the idea that the Persians had destroyed any considerable buildings . numerable statues , which we are told ex- isted in.
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A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1837 |
A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1838 |
A short visit to the Ionian islands, Athens, and the Morea Edward Giffard Visualització completa - 1837 |
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Pàgina 259 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.