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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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gh which a mag-nificent flight of steps led up from the town, and two projecting ^^ings,26 feet in front of the western portico—the northern one containing achamber named Pinacotheca. from its walls being covered ^vith paintings,while the southern had no chamber. Opposite the latter stood the smalltemple of Xike-^ Apteros (Plan, 4), Wingless Victory, built to com-memorate the victory of (^^imon at the Eur^medon : the whole was ofPentelic marble, and extended along the whole AV. end of the Acropolis,a distance of 168 feet. Of these buildings the inner portico still remains,together with the northern wing. The temple of Nike Apteros has beenrebuilt in modern times with the original materials, which were foundon the spot. Just in front of the northern wing is the so-called Pedestalof Agrippa, formerly surmounted by the equestrian statues of the twosons of Xenophon (Plan, 5). The chief building within the Propyla?a wasthe Parthenon (Plan, 1), which stood on the highest part of the Acro-
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Plan of the Acropolis. polls : it was built by the architects Ictinus and Callistratus, under thedirection of Pericles, and was dedicated to Athena the ^virgin, sonamed as being the in^dncible goddess of war. It was built entirely of 4 *EcrTtv -yap ovk. a.(Tr)ix05 ^k\-qvcov ttoAi?,Tt)? xpvcroAoyxo^^ IlaAAaSog KeK\r)ix4in),Ov ttolS Epex9eu)<; ^oi/Sog e^ev^ev yajaot?Bta Kpeoucrai, €v9a TrpocrjSoppovg Trirpa^IlaAAaSog vtt ox^cu 7-^5 A^yjvatcov x^o^^o?Ma/cpa? /caAovcrt yrjq avaKjeq At9l8o<;. Eur. Igu. 8. s From the position of this temple at the entrance of the Propylcea, the goddesswas invoked by persons quitting or entering the Acropolis : — Nt/cT) r AOdva IToAtag, rj crco^et /u aet, SOPH. Pliiloct. 134. AeoTrotPa Nt/07 ^vyyevov, Toiv r TroAet yvvaiKCiv. Aeistoph. Lysistrat. 317. Chap. XXI. THE ACEOPOLIS OF ATHENS. 413 Pentelic marble in the purest Doric style, its dimensions being 228 feetin length, 101 in breadth, and 66 in height to the top of the pediment.It consisted of a

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