Hellas, Her Monuments and ScenerySever and Francis, 1863 - 220 psl. |
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Acropolis admirable adorned ancient architectural architrave Areopagus Argolis Athenian Athens Attica beautiful beneath blocks blue bold bright building built cella centre Cephissus charm Church citadel Citharon colour crown Curtius delightful Doric order eastern portico edifice Erechtheum Euboea excavated exquisite eyes feet flowers fragments frieze front graceful grand Greece green ground groves height hill horses hundred Hymettus inscription interest island khan land Lebadea lofty Parnassó lovely Marathon marble ments metopes monument morning Mount mountains Nauplia ness noble Opisthodomus Orchomenus ornaments painted Panathenaic festival Parthenon pass pediment Peiræus Pentelicus Phidias picturesque pillars plain portico Propylæa relief remains rich rising rock rocky rode Roman roof rude ruins sacred scene sculptures seats shore shrine side slope soil song soon stand statue stone stood streets structure summit temple thenon tion Tiryns tower town Treasury of Atreus triglyphs tures village walls western whole
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