The museum of classical antiquities - being a series of essays on ancient art (1860) (14777314484)

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Title: The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896 Wood, J. E Davies, Benjamin Rees
Subjects: Classical antiquities Archaeology
Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Solinus, xvii.) 276 descrizione dell isola di candia, 1538. (Among the remains are sculptures of black marble, but buried in the earth.*On the river Theron, near Gnossus, there was a temple in honour of Jupiterand Juno, at which their espousals were annually represented with greatceremony.f) Mount Judas.To the south of these remains is this sacred mountain,which, with the island of Standia, form landmarks for thedistant navigator, to enable him to determine the city ofCandia, as in ancient times they served to designate the city ofGnossus. This mountain was the supposed site of the amoursof Jupiter, the King of Creta, from which fable it has derivedits name. Some baths and other edifices may still be traced onit; and on the north side of the mountain is a sepulchreworked in the rock, with a narrow entrance, and measuring40 braccie in length and 4 in width. At the extremity is alarge square stone, on which are certain rude characters, whichhave been taken for an inscription. + ARCADIA.
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In the British Museum. (A remarkable circumstance, relative to this city, is said to have taken placeon the occasion of the city being conquered. All the rivers and fountainssuddenly dried up, and did not open again till six years afterwards.§ TEMENOS.Castel Temenos-was built, in 961, byNicephorus Phocas, on a lofty and steep * At the time of Bondelmontes visit there existed a mosaic pavement con-taining several figures. (Corn,, Creta Sacra, i, 9.) t Diod. Sic, lib. v. X MS. No. 11 ; so also Bondelmonte. The tomb was believed by the ancientsto emit fire annually, in the same manner that the Holy Sepulchre of themodern Greeks does now. See Anton., lib. xix. § Severa, Qiicest. Nat., iii, 11 ; Plin., Nat. Hist., xxxi, 4. THE ANTIQUITIES OF CANDIA. NO. I. 277 hill, separated from the adjoining hills by precipices and ravines, and havingconstant springs of fresh water on its summit.* Coronelli describes it as oneof the ancient cities of the island, and states that it preserves in great p