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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 84

An illustration from A manual of Greek archaeology, 1886, leaf 84 — ted upon a throne of gold, ebony, ivory,and marble, was enclosed within low barriers coveredwith paintings ; the floor was set in black marbledestined to receive the oil poured upon the ivory ofthe statue to preserve it. At Didymi the statue ofApollo stood under a small shrine. In Athens, inthe… … ?Jle.tfithrtet Fig. 20.—columns in the interior of the naos. 7^ GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. Polias ; this lamp was shaded by a bronze palm-tree,which served to carry the smoke to the roof. The third and last main division of the temple wasthe opisthodomos. (Fig. 19, f.) Though sometimescompletely isolated…

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