Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 319
GiRGENTI—DeKADRACHM OF AkRAGAS.(Munich Museum.) It is now a small place, with an hotel only open a few months of the year. But in ancient Greek times, as … GiRGENTI.—Sarcophagus in the local Museum. Akragas, or under the Romans, asAgrigentum, it was apowerful city, renownedfor wealth, architecture,and literature. Foundedby Greeks from Gelain 579 B.C., it musthave advanced rapidly, forit was one of the mostsplendid cities in the an-cient world, when…
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