The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 49
sfar more of the Trajan Column than of the pedimentand metopes of the Parthenon. The roof is skilfullyconstructed; and it has been already stated, on thehigh authority of Delambre, that the dialling of thedifferent faces displays admirable science. It is muchto be desired, that some one of thorough… … SERIES of temples forming a streetis one of the features of Athens. These temples were surmounted byfinials which supported the tripodsgained by victorious Choragi in theneighbouring theatre of Bacchus, andhere dedicated by them to that deity,the patron of dramatic representation. Hence the…
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