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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 55

An illustration from A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum, 1899, leaf 55 — m the Pnyx at Athens, dedicatedby persons suflfering from ailments in various parts of the body. 42 Eljln Bo&ni. It also contains :— 798. Votive relief (fig. 16) with two plaits of formally twistedhair, dedicated to Poseidon by Philombrotos, and Aphthonetos,sons of Deinomachos. The custom of… … Fig. 16.—Relief with votive plaits of hair. 407-420. FRAGMENTS FROM THEERECHTHEION. The Erechtheion, or Temple of Erechtheus, is an Ionic-temple of a peculiar form, which stands near the north side of the-Acropolis of Athens. It embodies in a structure of the end ofthe fifth century the shrines…

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