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 51
re proceeding to a general description of it,we will notice the statue about to be invested with thecrocus-coloured peplos. * Pausanias, v. ii, § 5. t Pandrosos^the all-refreshing —fabled to be a daughter of Cecrops andAgraulos, and the mother, by Hermes, of Ceryx. 48 THE GIFT OF THE GODS. The name… … The Erechtheium :—Southern Portico. tectress of Athens; the Athena who won the soil ofAttica from Poseidon ; the ancient guardian of the city.The Erechtheium, as a whole, may be described as THE TWO SANCTUARIES. 49 consisting of a cella, about 90 feet in length, facing dueeast and west, and at the…
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