The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 132
emark-able that one of the least dispensablesources of health and comfort, a free( command of good water, appears to havebeen deficient in many of the cities ofGreece. Even in the fortresses, the wells orsprings seem to have been generally withoutthe walls; nor does it appear that tanks… … I 118 THE AQUEDUCT OF HADRIAN. towards his good city of Athens. Commencing anaqueduct at Cephissia, a u delightful village/ evennow abounding in springs, he brought a copiousstream of wholesome water from a distance of nearlyseven miles, to a capacious receptacle at the foot ofMount Anchesmus, and…
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