Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 117
peii is a smallround templet of open columns, anddome-roof, iipo7i a basement of steps,inclosing an altar.* This last is hollow;because Putcals could only be erectedupon a spot Avhich had been struck bylightning, and Avas not, Avithout irreli-ffion, to be coAered. Enc. Monf. Suppl. iv. p. vi. c. 3.… … Side of a Street at Pompeii. A. S/wps. The roofs and rath arc modern. CHAPTER V. PRIVATE EDIFICES OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. The first habitations of mankindwere cabins, grottoes, or caves. Abra-ham in the cave of Machjielah, andTroglodytes, wall occur to recollec-tion. Virgil says, that before…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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