Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 96
opylaea and the Parthenon,says Philostratus, would have been glory enoughfor Pericles.,, Begun by Mnesicles in 437 B.C. (in thearchonship of Euthymenes), and five years in con- ARCHITECTURE. 83 structing,* they represented the perfection of civilarchitecture in Athens. Their plan is very simple.The… … FlG. 24.—PLAN OF THE PROPYL^EA OF THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS. wings, each of which had its portico, that on the rightforming a hall called the Pinacotheca, still partiallyin existence. The facade of the wings presentedmerely a wall ornamented by a frieze of triglyphs. f * The Propylaea were never…
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