Ancient Greece; a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great (1913)
Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846 · New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company · leaf 645
d is now (headless, alas ! and armless) in the I^ouvre.The trophy was erected by Demetrius PoUorcetes to commemo-rate a naval victory won in 306. The goddess—a magnificentfigure with wind-swept draperies like the Nike of Paeonius, butmore stately—stands on the marble prow of a warship withher wings… … 131 ■ The Nike of Samothrace 448 NOTE A GREEK TEMPLES IN order to avoid the distraction that would be caused byfrequently interrupting the narrative, or by dealing withthe subject in several widely separated Sections, I have rele-gated to this Note a few details concerning the chief Greektemples of…
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