Pausanias' Description of Greece, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1886 |
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Achæans Achilles Ægina Æginetan afterwards altar ancient Antigonus Aphrodite Apollo Arcadians Argives Argolis Argos Aristodemus Aristomenes army Artemis Asopus Athene Athenians Attica battle Boeotia boys brazen statue built buried called capture Castor and Pollux CHAPTER chariot Cleomenes Corinth Corinthians daughter death Delphi Demeter Demetrius descendants Dionysus Dorians Elis Enomaus erected Esculapius father fight fled fought goddess gods Greeks Hera Hercules Hermes hero hero-chapel Homer honour horses Iliad Ilium inscription island Isthmian games Ithome killed king kingdom Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians Macedonians Megarians Messene Messenians native Nemea nians Olympia oracle pancratium Pausanias Peloponnese Pelops pentathlum pillar Poseidon priestess Ptolemy Pylos Pyrrhus Pythian race reign river sacred sacrifice Sicyon Sicyonians sons Sparta stades statue of Zeus stone Temenus temple of Athene Thebans Thebes Theopompus Theseus tomb took town tradition Trozen victor at Olympia victory votive offering won the prize wooden statue wrestling Zeus
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Page 415 - This preservation photocopy was made and hand bound at BookLab, Inc., in compliance with copyright law. The paper is Weyerhaeuser Cougar Opaque Natural, which exceeds ANSI Standard Z39.48-1984.
Page 321 - The robes and sandals of the god are also of gold; and on his robes are imitations of flowers, especially of lilies. And the throne is richly adorned with gold and precious stones, and with ebony and ivory. And there are imitations of animals painted on it, and models worked on it. There are four Victories like dancers, one at each foot of the throne, and two also at the instep of each foot; and at each of the front feet are Theban boys carried off by Sphinxes, and below the Sphinxes, Apollo and...
Page 51 - Art-Critic, whether his own appellation or given him by others. In the temple of Athene Polias is a Hermes of wood (said to be a votive offering of Cecrops), almost hidden by myrtle leaves. And of the antique votive offerings worthy of record, is a...
Page 320 - Paeonius of Mende in Thracia; those behind by Alcamenes, a contemporary of Phidias and second only to him as statuary. And on the gables is a representation of the fight between the Lapithae and the Centaurs at the marriage of Pirithous. Pirithous is in the...
Page 51 - And above the lamp is a palm-tree of brass reaching to the roof and carrying off the smoke. And Callimachus, the maker of this lamp, although he comes behind the first artificers, yet was remarkable for ingenuity, and was the first who perforated stone, and got the name of Art-Critic, whether his own appellation or given him by others.
Page 51 - Athens; but though burnt, it grew the same day two cubits. And next to the temple of Athene is the temple of Pandrosus; who was the only one of the three sisters who didn't peep into the forbidden chest. Now the things I most marveled at are not universally known. I will therefore write of them as they occur to me. Two maidens live not far from the temple of Athene Polias, and the Athenians call them the " carriers of the holy things"; for a certain time they live with the goddess, but when her festival...
Page 323 - ... is a brazen urn with a lid. And all the pavement in front of the statue is not of white but of black stone. And a border of Parian marble runs round this black stone, as a preservative against spilled oil. For oil is good for the statue at Olympia, as it prevents the ivory being harmed by the dampness of the grove. But in the Acropolis at Athens, in regard to the statue of Athene called the Maiden, it is not oil but water that is advantageously employed to the ivory; for as the citadel is dry...
Page 322 - Opaviov) has golden lions engraved on it, and the battle between Theseus and the Amazons, — the first famous exploit of the Athenians beyond their own borders. And on the platform that supports the throne there are various ornaments round Zeus, and gilt carving, — the Sun seated in his chariot, and Zeus and Hera; and near is Grace. Hermes is close to her, and Vesta close to Hermes. And next to Vesta is Eros receiving Aphrodite, who is just rising from the sea and being crowned by Persuasion....