Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-RomanGeorge Bell, 1878 - 600 pages |
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... according to Lep- 49. Pyramid of Erasinus . 50. Greek Theatre 51. Roman Theatre 52. Circus of Romulus 53. Plan of Baths , Pompeii 54. Gateway at Segni 55. Gate of Arpino 56. Brick arch at Thebes 57. Gates at Eniadæ . 85. Venus of Cnidos ...
... according to Lep- 49. Pyramid of Erasinus . 50. Greek Theatre 51. Roman Theatre 52. Circus of Romulus 53. Plan of Baths , Pompeii 54. Gateway at Segni 55. Gate of Arpino 56. Brick arch at Thebes 57. Gates at Eniadæ . 85. Venus of Cnidos ...
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... according to Vitruvius , and probably the rich Greeks , divided their house into two apartments distinct one from the other , that of the men - andronitis , and that of the women - gynæconitis or gynæceum . A porter guarded the entrance ...
... according to Vitruvius , and probably the rich Greeks , divided their house into two apartments distinct one from the other , that of the men - andronitis , and that of the women - gynæconitis or gynæceum . A porter guarded the entrance ...
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... according to the proportions of the different orders of architecture . It was roofed over , but with an opening in the centre , called compluvium , towards which the roof sloped , so as to throw the rain - water into a cistern in the ...
... according to the proportions of the different orders of architecture . It was roofed over , but with an opening in the centre , called compluvium , towards which the roof sloped , so as to throw the rain - water into a cistern in the ...
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... according to the rule laid down by Vitruvius , and the younger Pliny's description of his Laurentine villa , had its atrium next the door or porch at the entrance . Opposite the centre of the peristyle was a cavædium , after which came ...
... according to the rule laid down by Vitruvius , and the younger Pliny's description of his Laurentine villa , had its atrium next the door or porch at the entrance . Opposite the centre of the peristyle was a cavædium , after which came ...
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... according to exterior signs prescribed by the ritual . The adytum , or onkos , the prin- cipal part of the temple , is always the most ancient part , and bears the name of the king who had it built and dedicated . The plans of the ...
... according to exterior signs prescribed by the ritual . The adytum , or onkos , the prin- cipal part of the temple , is always the most ancient part , and bears the name of the king who had it built and dedicated . The plans of the ...
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Handbook of Archaeology. Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman Hodder Michael Westropp Affichage du livre entier - 1867 |
Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-Roman Hodder Michael Westropp Affichage du livre entier - 1878 |
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according alphabet ancient antiquity Apollo appears arch architecture artists Athens Augustus bas-reliefs baths bearing beauty born British Museum bronze building built Bust Cæsar called camei cameo celebrated cella character collection colour columns Corinth Corinthian decastyle deceased deities Doric drapery dynasty earliest Egypt Egyptian emperor engraved stones erected Etruria Etruscan example executed exhibit feet figures flourish frequently front gems glyptic art goddess gods Grecian Greece Greek Hadrian head height Hercules Hexastyle hieroglyphics imitation inscriptions intagli intaglio Ionic Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter kind king later period Lysippus marble monuments obelisks origin ornaments oval painted vases painter Parthenon peripteral Phidias placed Pliny Pompeii portico Praxiteles pyramid Rameses Rameses II reign remarkable representation represented rings Roman Rome round Sard sardonyx scarabæi sculpture seated sepulchral Severus side signet sometimes statuary statues style subjects supposed tablet Tarquinii temple theatre Thebes tion tomb Trajan usually Vatican Venus Vitruvius vixit walls wife
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Page 489 - Enos Lases iuvate Neve lue rue Marmar sins incurrere in pleores Satur fu fere Mars limen sali sta berber Semunis Alternis advocapit conctos Enos Marmor iuvato Triumpe. The first five lines were repeated thrice, and Triumpe five times.3 Quintilian tells us that " the hymns of the Salii were hardly intelligible to the priests themselves...
Page 532 - Petronia, a priest's wife, the type of modesty. — In this place I lay my bones ; spare your tears, dear husband and daughters, and believe that it is forbidden to weep for one who lives in God.
Page 516 - DESCRIPTVM ET RECOGNITVM EX TABVLA AENEA QVAE FIXA EST ROMAE IN CAPITOLIO AD ARA (sic) GENTIS IVLIAE LATERE DEXTRO Ora al Museo di Sassari, vedi tav.
Page 149 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Page 226 - ... these are the marks, in very manifold gradations, however, of the figures which were called satyrs in the genuine language of Greek poetry and art, from which the Roman poets first ventured to depart, who identified them with the Boman fauni, who are described as half men, half goats, and with horns.
Page 88 - ... were introduced into Rome in the year 390, in order to appease the wrath of the gods for a pestilence then devastating the city, and that ludiones were sent for from Etruria, who acted to the sound of the pipe, in the Etruscan fashion.
Page 298 - All these were discovered in the sepulchres of the ancients, but the circumstances under which they were found differ according to locality. In Greece, the graves are generally small, being designed for single corpses, which accounts for the comparatively small size of the vases discovered in that country. At Athens, the earlier graves are sunk deepest in the soil, and those at Corinth, especially such as contain the early Corinthian vases, are found by boring to a depth of several feet beneath the...
Page 122 - ... have said, could not be inserted without special permission from the emperor. Those whose means or interest were insufficient to obtain a private pipe, were obliged to fetch water from the public fountains. It is calculated by M. Rendelet that the nine aqueducts described by Frontinus furnished Rome with a supply of water equal to that carried down by a river thirty feet broad, by six deep, flowing at the rate of thirty inches a second.
Page 137 - The whole structure, 140 feet in height, was crowned by a chariot group in white marble, in which, probably, stood Mausolos himself, represented after his translation to the world of demigods and heroes.
Page 444 - The hieroglyphic figures were arranged in vertical columns or horizontal lines, and grouped together as circumstances required, so as to leave no spaces unnecessarily vacant. They were written from right to left, or from left to' right. The order in which the characters were to be read, was shown by the direction in which the figures are placed, as their heads are invariably turned towards the reader. A single line of...