Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 77
ek soil, and consist mainly of fortifications,walls, gates, and tombs, the most important of which are atMycenae and Tiryns. At the latter place is a well-definedacropolis, with massive walls in which-are passages coveredby stones successively overhanging or corbelled until theymeet. The masonry is… … FIG. 22.—I.ION GATE AT MYCEN^. GREEK ARCHITECTURE. 45 over which the weight is relieved by a triangular opening.This is filled with a sculptured group, now much defaced,representing two rampant lions flanking a singular columnwhich tapers downward. This symbolic group has rela-tions with Hittite…
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