Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 41
allusion, a kidney, with the ad-dition of a semicircular excrescenceseparated from the larger part by theGate of the Lions. Mr. Hamiltonsays, that these are the remains of twoterraces supported by the same speciesof masonry, on the slope of the hill,the summit of which formed the cita-del, so that… … 8 CYCLOPEAN MASONRY. the part by tlie ruined fountains andtlic subterraneous habitations of Atreusand his children, \vhere their treasviresof valuables were kept, was calledPerseia,* and distinguished from thelower Acropolis by a wall parallel tothe outer southern wall. Tlie commu-nication with the…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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