The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 64
of the British Museum. Butthe wreck remains a masterpiece anda place of pilgrimage for all humanity.A magnificent portico, the Propylaea,gave access to the Parthenon from theside nearest the sea; it was decoratedwith paintings which have disappeared.The little temple of Poseidon andErechtheus, to… … FIG. 65. ZEUS, APOLLO, AND PEITHO. From the Frieze of the Parthenon, atAthens. because they supposed them to re-present young maidens carried awaycaptive from the city of Caryse inLaconia. Another little Ionic temple,that of the Wingless Victory (NikeApteros), was restored after 1830 withfragments…
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