Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 395
nd spelled out the Greek names upon it. It stands in the old Stadion or race-course of Byzantium. When an officerof British Engineers was quartered in Constantinople during the Crimean war,in order to keep his men out of mischief, he .«et them to dig out the lower portionof the bronze column.… … Amphissa, the Site of Locris in the distance. heads above, supporting the tripod, which was stolen long ago. One of theserpents heads I have seen in the classical museum at Constantinople. Inspite of all that has been said against the malignant and the turbaned Turk,we doubt if in any other…
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