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 66
So? aiyAr)?, vSa(7i 6 i^eAioto TaAai/Teuoutrt /ceAeudous. From the Greek Anthology, ii., 263.Here they the glittering sunbeams course define,And measure out the day-gods rapid flight. TheTempleof the Winds, built by Andronicus Cyrrhestesabout the beginning of the first century before Christ,may be… … The Teiujjle oi tlie VVmds. of the eight Winds; and on the several sides of the octa-gon were placed sculptured images of these winds, eachimage facing the wind it was designed to typify. Andabove this temple, which was composed of marble, itsarchitect set up a marble pillar (mefa)^ on whose top…
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