The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 187
rt of his time), to whomeven the daughter of Miltiades thought it no disgraceto sit as a model. This temple, according to some authorities, waserected as a memorial on the spot where ^Egeus com-mitted suicide on seeing his sons ship return withblack sails after the victory over the Minotaur.… … FlG. 54.—Temple of Nike Apteros or Wingless Victory at Athens. A cella and two porches of four columns each arethe principal component parts, forming a beautifulspecimen of the Ionic order, though time has robbed NIKE APT EROS CONTINUED. 165 it of its cornice. But a band of bas-reliefs upon…
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