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Rambles and studies in Greece (1878)

Mahaffy, John Pentland, Sir, 1839-1919 · London Macmillan · leaf 84

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ther pillars in temples. I was therefore at a loss to know how theywere applied in the older Parthenon, but forgot to get it explained bye local archaeologist who had studied the point. * It is asserted somewhere by a Greek author that the templesburned by the iersians were left in ruins to remind… … MARATHON1AM IHKSl » (l- in.] ATHENS—THE MUSEUMS. tional beard, holding by its four legs a bull or calf,which he is carrying on his shoulders. The eyesare now hollow, and were evidently once filledwith something different from the marble of whichthe statue is made. The whole pose and style ofthe…

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