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Map of Athens with main ancient sites and other monuments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Views

Floor plan of the walls of Athens and of the Acropolis.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Castles and fortresses, Central Greece, Greece, Maps, Walls

Relief from the Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis of Athens: Amazonomachy.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Sculptures, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Relief from the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike, showing a combat between Greeks and Persians.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Sculptures, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

Fig. I. Half the capital of the columns belonging to the Pinacotheca at the Propylaea of the Acropolis. Fig. II. Section of the cornice on the wall connecting the Propylaea with the Pinacotheca, and the temple opposite to it. Fig. III. The capital and base of the pillar inscribed to M. Agrippa, on which stood an equestrian statue.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The Pinacotheca at the Propylaea of the Acropolis: Fig. I. Pilasters on each side of the windows within the temple of Victory. Fig. II. Section of the aforesaid pilasters.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

The Propylae of the Acropolos of Athens: Fig. I. The capital of one of the antae, and the entablature of the Pinacotheca without wings. Fig. II. Profile of ditto.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)

The Propylae of the Acropolis: Fig. I. The capital of one of the antae, with a section of the architrave and frieze. Fig. II. The profile of the capital, on a larger scale.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The Propylae of the Acropolis of Athens: Fig. I. The profile of the capital, on a larger scale. Fig. II. Section of the annulets and fluting, on a still larger scale. Fig. III. Section of the beams which supported the soffite. Fig. IV. A piece of external cornice, which perhaps was on the south side. Fig. V. Cornice on the east side of the temple.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens: Fig. I. The capital, architrave, and frieze of the front columns. Fig. II. The upper part of the shaft of the Ionic columns. Fig. III. The external cornice on the north side of this building.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The flank of the Propylaea, with a transversal section of the Pinacotheca.

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The section of the Propylae, and the pier on which an inscription in honor of M. Agrippa.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings, Propylaea of the Acropolis

The elevation of the Propylaea. The Pinacotheca without wings; and the edifice formerly decorated with paintings.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Plans and drawings, Propylaea of the Acropolis

Plan of the Propylaea of the Acropolis.

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View of the Propylaea of the Acropolis from the Temple of Athena Nike.

Tags: Africans, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Musicians, Ottomans, Propylaea of the Acropolis, Smoking

The bust of Pericles, from the Townley collection.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Pericles, Portraits, Sculptures

Athenian coins and relief from Hagios Nicolaos Teneas.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece

Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Reconstructive drawing of the statue on the top of the monument.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece

Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Fig. I. The profile of the part above the cornice. Fig. II. The section of that part through the middle of the steps on which the statue is seated. Fig. III. The base of the taller of the two columns with triangular capitals. Fig. IV. The base of the lesser.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece

Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): The capital and entablature.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece

Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Elevation of the front.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece

Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa): Fig. I. The ground plan of the grotto, and of the monument placed before it. Fig. II. The plan of the part above the cornice.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece

View of the Choregic Monument of Thrasyllus (Church of Panagia Spiliotissa). Mount Hymettus in the background; at its feet the church of Agios Georgios Alexandrinos. The domed building on the right is the church of Agia Paraskevi, and between the church and the rock stands the metochion of Agioi Asomatoi monastery. The people gathered are waiting for the priest who is going to perform the service at Panagia Spiliotissa.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Children, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Hagia Paraskevi (South Slope of Acropolis), Hagios Georgios of Alexandria, Metochion of Hagioi Asomatoi Monastery, Women

Relief showing a male and female figure holding a tripod, most probably choregic.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece, Sculptures

Relief from the frieze of Choragic monument. Plan of theater. Solar clock from the Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa), Choregic monuments, Greece, Sculptures

Plan of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Odeon of Herodes Atticus

View of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens. The horses of the military commander of Athens grazing at the site of the scene.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Grooms, Horses, James Stuart, Monument of Philopappus, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Philopappos Hill / Mouseion Hill, Professions

Relief showing Athena and Satyr Marsyas, possibly from Myro's sculpture which was kept at the Acropolis and depicted on the obverse of Athenian coins.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athena, Athens, Attica, Greece, Myron, Mythology, Sculptures

Relief showing Dionysiac scene, from the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, which the British Ambassador at Athens, Nikolaos Logothetis took into his residence.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Sculptures

The Erechtheion: View of the back and of the profile of another of the Caryatides.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: One of the Caryatides viewed in Front and in Profile.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: The capital of one of the antae, with a plan and section of the soffit, or ceiling.

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The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The head of one of the Caryatides, with the mouldings of the capital and entablature on a longer scale. Fig. 2. The mouldings of the basement.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: The elevation of the front adorned with Caryatides.

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The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The general form of the window. Fig. 2. One of the knees. Fig. 3. The profile of the architrave and its mouldings. Fig. 4. A perpendicular section through the window-stool, showing the depth of the jamb (a.b.) before the reveel takes place; b. c. the reveel. Fig. 5. A horizontal section through the wall.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The capital and base, &c. of the pilasters of the preceding plate. Fig. 2. A section, showing the profile and projection of the pilasters. Fig. 3. A section of the lower torus of the base on a larger scale. Fig. 4. The ornaments on the mouldings of the basement.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Erechtheion: A section through the vestibule or pronaus; showing the internal face of the western front of the building. 2. A section through the wall of the western front.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

Erechtheion: The plan reversed, and sections of the capital.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: Fig. 1. The capital and base of the columns on the western front, with the mouldings of the basement on which those columns stand. Fig. 2. A section of the basement, &c.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: The elevation of the western front.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: The plan reversed, and the necessary sections of the capitals.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: Fig. 1. Capital, Base, and Entablature of the Portico. Fig. 2. The Capital and Base of the Antae. Fig. 3. Profile of the moulding under the Corona, with the ornament carved on it. Fig. 4. The same viewed from below, to shew the effect of the flower on the Angle.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Ionic order, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: Elevation of the north side.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

Erechtheion: The plan reversed, and Sections of the Capital.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

The Base, Capital and Entablature of the Erechtheum, with the Capital and Base of the Antae of the Portico.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Plans and drawings

Erechtheion: The elevation of the Portico.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece

Plan of the Erechtheion.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Erechtheion, Greece, Plans and drawings

View of the Erechtheion. Workmen excavating to reveal the base of the prostasis underneath the Caryatids. Ottoman official Dizdar Aǧa is leaning on his son-in-law's shoulder while two other Ottomans are supervising the excavations in order to keep him informed and to ensure that the British are not carrying away the archaeological findings. On the foreground a man, probably James Stuart, drawing the monument.

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