Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 470
sculpture representing the birth of Athena andthe contest between Athena and Poseidon for the posses-sion of Athens. The subject of the frieze which wentround the cella-wall was the procession which at thePanathenaic festival brought to the goddess the newpeplos which had been woven for her. The… … This temple, a good specimen of the Doric order, andadmirably preserved, is popularly known as the Theseum, 412 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS or temple of Theseus. It has been called by some half-dozen other names, of which the most likely is that of thetemple of Hephaestus. It was built in the…
Classical antiquities
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