The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 82
al of small proportions andcoarse workmanship, with some appropriate paintingsof the Virgin of the Cave. It receives a dim andmysterious light, through two small apertures in themodern wall, by which a singular and picturesqueeffect is produced. PLATE XLI. Plan and elevation of the Choragic… … F all the examples that yet existof Athenian magnificence thissplendid structure may be con-sidered as the most thoroughlycharacteristic. It was, whenin its perfect state, the admira-tion of Greece; and Epami-nondas—whether in menace orin metaphor may be doubtful—proposedits forcible removal to the…
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