Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 36
s adorned by numerous images of personified Victorys—winged messengers who, by Athenas orders, flew fromall directions towards the sacred city, to excite the prideand enthusiasm of its inhabitants. Judging by certain analogies, a French writer has beeninduced to attribute the erection of this… … Lycurgus. that of Pericles (e.g. 500-450), and whose genius in-augurated that era of glory too frequently associated withthe latters name alone.The orator Lycurgus, whoproposed to himself Peri-cles as a model, and em-bellished Athens with mo-numents of every kind,added the decoration of…
Architecture, Greek · Architecture, Roman
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