. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. As well as the building last mentioned, it was reared at the |)erio(l when Ierieles had themanagement of public alTairs, and was without a rival in Athens. Jhidias was the siiper-intendeiit sculptor emjiloyed ; and many of the productions which decorated this magiiili-ciiit edifice have doubtless become known to the reader in his visits to the Ibitisli INIuseum,wliere a large jK)r!ion of them are now deposited. Ni-arly coeval with the Iro))ylaMim an
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. As well as the building last mentioned, it was reared at the |)erio(l when Ierieles had themanagement of public alTairs, and was without a rival in Athens. Jhidias was the siiper-intendeiit sculptor emjiloyed ; and many of the productions which decorated this magiiili-ciiit edifice have doubtless become known to the reader in his visits to the Ibitisli INIuseum,wliere a large jK)r!ion of them are now deposited. Ni-arly coeval with the Iro))ylaMim andIartlienon, or |)erhai)s a little earlier, is the tem|)le of Tiieseus (.//(/. lol.), which was, itis supposed, erected to receive the ashes of the national hero, when removed from Scyrosto Athens. The ruins of the arcliitectiiral monuments of this city attest that the boastedpower and o|)ulence of (Jreece was not an idle tale. Pericles, indeed, was charged by bisenemies with having brought disgrace upon the Athenians by removing the public trea- II (IUKCIAN. •ST. ^^:^-vt|felr:^ iMK. 1(11 Run>s i»r Unvi-c iVom DoIds aiul hivi^liinj^ llu-iii in s-jMiin-; (luir i-liv, miuI m nunuiiiiii!, it « illi mill l(MU|il(»i llcilcosl .1 iliiiiiNiiiiil tiiloniN, iiN n|iit>iiNl (MoriM oC lllis :inllilt>ll WHS till Icllipll i>r A|)i)ll() l,|(iiMHiiis, ill Ilio niinihiM ol six, ro-tnni iVoin flio will Is olllu coll, ciidiiii^ in siiiiiciriiiliir jiiliisliis iirilic Ionic sccin It) iiccn Inoii^lil up Hir llic liicilily ol .Mipporliiij, llic r
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