Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles, Volume 1Charles Knight, 1833 - Elgin marbles |
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... Hymettus , and the more distant sea . The plan of an old Athenian fort at Phyle can still be easily traced . From Deceleia , a tract of no great elevation , but wild and uncultivated , runs in a south - east direction , forming the ...
... Hymettus , and the more distant sea . The plan of an old Athenian fort at Phyle can still be easily traced . From Deceleia , a tract of no great elevation , but wild and uncultivated , runs in a south - east direction , forming the ...
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... Hymettus is separated from Pentelicus by a small depression , but its general character and direction are the same . The name Hymettus seems indeed to have been once the general name for all this chain . Its quarries supplied the rich ...
... Hymettus is separated from Pentelicus by a small depression , but its general character and direction are the same . The name Hymettus seems indeed to have been once the general name for all this chain . Its quarries supplied the rich ...
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... Hymettus . The western limit is formed by another offset from the range of Parnes running south - west nearly parallel to the opposite range , and terminating in the high land opposite to the island of Salamis , which is here separated ...
... Hymettus . The western limit is formed by another offset from the range of Parnes running south - west nearly parallel to the opposite range , and terminating in the high land opposite to the island of Salamis , which is here separated ...
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... Hymettus . The plain of Ma- rathon , which is of smaller dimensions , may be added to the rest the Peiraic district , north of Parnes , and along the southern bank of the lower course of the Asopus cannot properly be considered as a ...
... Hymettus . The plain of Ma- rathon , which is of smaller dimensions , may be added to the rest the Peiraic district , north of Parnes , and along the southern bank of the lower course of the Asopus cannot properly be considered as a ...
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... Hymettus . One remarkable feature , which shows itself in almost every view of the scenery of Athens , is an eminence higher than the Acropolis , and not included within the mo- dern or antient wall , though the latter approached close ...
... Hymettus . One remarkable feature , which shows itself in almost every view of the scenery of Athens , is an eminence higher than the Acropolis , and not included within the mo- dern or antient wall , though the latter approached close ...
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