The Glory That Was Greece : a Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation
The book The Glory That Was Greece : a Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation was written by author Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933 Here you can read free online of The Glory That Was Greece : a Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Glory That Was Greece : a Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation a good or bad book?
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1. 164 X H b! O Z S o 05 fa & z w a o s z o z w SB H oi THE GRAND CENTURY the outlines are in a good state and reveal very fine work- manship, especially in the treatment of drapery. They clearly belong to the next period after the Parthenon frieze. From the platform in front of the shrine there is a lovely view over the Attic plain towards Eleusis. Beyond it, over Salamis and the blue Saronic gulf you can see the citadel of Corinth and the distant mountains of the Argolid and the Peloponnese.... It was here that old ^Egeus stood watching for the sails of his dear son from Crete. Pass through the wide portals of the propylaea. On your right was the marble terrace where the little girls of Athens dressed up as bears to dance in honour of Brauronian Artemis. Here was the group of Athena and Marsyas, and here Praxiteles was to make his statue of Brauronian Artemis. Beyond the Brauronian precinct was one of Athena the Craftswoman. At this point the colossal bronze Athena " Promachos " of Pheidias towered above you, 36 feet high.
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