A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 16
a long horizontal passage. It once hada sumptuously decorated doorway of red marble and green lime-stone, with geometrical patterns in l<jw relief. This is now brokeniind dispeised, only fragments such as those in this Museum beingextant. The annexed restoration of a capital gives an idea of… … Fig. 1.—Restored Capital from the Treasui-y of Atreus. {Afler rucistein.) stood at intervals along the Sacred Way of Branchidae as dedica-tory offerings to Apollo. The Branchidae were a priestly clan,who held from time immemorial the temple and oracle of Apollo atDidyma, near Miletus, in Asia…
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