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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 66

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ric had becomethe order of the Do-rians in occidentalGreece, where theDorians were su-preme. And yet wecannot maintain thatthe architects of thetemple at Ephesuscreated it at onestroke ; in fact, its ele-ments had long beenin existence, and theIonians on taking uptheir abode in AsiaMinor had… … 54 GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY. Babylon, and discoveries made in Phoenicia, havedisclosed many monuments in which we may re-cognise a proto-Ionic type. It will suffice to mentionthe bas-reliefs of the palace of Sargon at Khorsabad,and those of Koyunjik, which give instances ofcolumns with volutes. In…

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