Mann, Charles Eben, 1844- · New York, Chicago, The Prang educational company · leaf 89
NIKE APTCfiOS 5. PARTHENON 3. THE PROFYL^tA €. BRONZE: STATUE OF ATHENE 4. LINE OF MARCH V. ERECHTHE,10N was nearly level on top, and measured about i,ooofeet from east to west and about 500 feet fromnorth to south, enclosed with a massive wall. On aclear midsummers day let us join the processionas… … CONTEST BETWEEN POSEIDON AND ATHENE beautiful white marble steps, seventy feet in breadth,at the west end of the Acropolis. We see ahead of us the bright colors of thepeplos raised like a sail above the heads of the soberthrong. It has already reached the top of the stepsand is about to pass the…
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