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 60
ht of this edifice wasa statue of Jupiter, supposed to be the most ancient statue of brass in existence; ofthe same date with the re-establishment of the Olympic games. The most ornamented place in Sparta, however, was the Pcscile, which, instead ofbeing confined to a single gallery like that at… … 38 CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. ent ranges of Porticos, intended only for the display of different kinds of merchan-dize. $ 128. Columns and statues were erected for Spartans who had been crowned atthe Olympic games; but never for the conquerors of the enemies of their country.Statues might be decreed to…
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