Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 24
d round the Templeof the Sun, as Christ Church round the old cathedral orshrine of S. Frideswide. Thither Herodotus came togather information for his travels; and thither, centu-ries later, the more careful and accurate Strabo. Thecity in his time was in a state of comparative desola-tion ; it had… … Sphinx. 4 Leaders of Men only a few chaplains and vergers lingered in the sacredprecincts, to carry on the service of the Temple and toshow strangers over the silent quadrangles and desertedcloisters. Amongst these was pointed out to Strabo thehouse in which Plato had lived for thirteen years.…
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