Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 320
nemies of the Greeks,destroyed it, 405 B.C. Itwas only retaliation for thepunishment the Greeks hadgiven the Africans, when themen of Akragas had, in con-junction with the Syracu-sans under Gelon, crushed AKlUaAS, {GIRGENTI), GREAT TEMPLE OE ZEUS 221 them at Himeua 485 B.C. 80 all the fine coins… … Restored Section of the great Temple of Zeus, at Akragas. (Showing the position of the Caryatids in the upper storey.) Romans gave it, The Field of the Giants, proves that in their time the greattemple of Zeus was in ruins, with the colossal caryatid figures stretched onthe grass, much as we now…
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