The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 270
r Ernest Gardner is probablyright in suggesting that the sculptor finished his statues inorder that he might be sure they were rightly made. Suchfidelity to his religious duty is evidence, after all, of moralexcellence. Time has wrought cruel havoc with the sculptures.The central figures had gone… … fig. 3. reconstruction of the acropolis. (see p. 163) Plate 43 [/». 150 THE GRAND CENTURYTurkish powder magazine stored in the temple, and wroughtfurther havoc. Then the victorious General Morosini tried toremove some of the figures, and broke them in the effort. In1801 Lord Elgin, armed with a…
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