Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 53
nychia, Phalerum, and Piraeus, was encompassed with walls of unequalstrength, built at different times and by different persons. The principal parts of thewalls were the MaKpa rel^rj, which joined the harbor of Piroeus to the city, and whichbeing about five miles in length, were sometimes called… … P. I. EUROPE. HELLAS. TOPOGRAPHY OF ATHENS. 31 side was called Ntfriov re7x°s> or irapa jiiaov reixrj, to distinguish it from the south wallof the citadel, and sometimes reTxos <t>a\ri(w<dv, because it included the port of Phaierum.It was built by Themistocles, of huge square stones,…
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