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 61
, a gold cup or vase provided by himself; andafterwards builds, at Hyde Park or elsewhere — still athis own expense — a graceful little edifice for the recep-tion and preservation of his prize ! The only one of the Athenian art-memorials which isnow extant appears to have been erected by Lysicrates… … Mode of Playing the Double Flute.-From an ancient Monument. tribe of the Acamantides : Theon was the flute-player;Lysiades the Athenian was the poet ; Evansetes thearchitect. What a significantcommentary on the value offame ! Who now knows aughtof the genius of Theon, or re-members the dramatic…
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