The ancient Entrance to the city of Athens near the Gate of Hadrian.
The ancient Entrance to the city of Athens
Tag: Edward Dodwell
A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece During the Years 1801, 1805 and 1806. Edward Dodwell (1767 – 1832), Irish travel writer and antiquarian.
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
The western front, which is represented in this view, is almost entire, and has suffered little or nothing in the late dilapidations.
View of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, from the Propyleae.
The Parthenon is the temple to the city goddess Pallas Athena Parthenos on the Athenian Acropolis.
Ruins of Orchomenos in Boeotia before the excavations.
Ruins of ancient Orchomenos. The present view represents the southern side of the acropolis. Parnassos, covered with snow, is seen in the distance.
The Castalian Spring near the sanctuary of Delphi.
In ancient times, pilgrims purified themselves at this spring before entering the sacred precincts of Delphi.
The Acropolis of Mycenae on the Peloponnese. Ancient Greece.
Mycenae was one of the most important cities in Greece in pre-classical times, and the Mycenaean culture was named after it.
Port Bathy and Capital of Ithaca. The Neritos of Homer.
This is the port which is exhibited in the present view, and the lofty mountain beyond its entrance is the Neritos of Homer. Views in Greece by Edward Dodwell. London, 1821.
Dinner at Crisso. In the house of the bishop of Salona.
This prelate is receiving the homage of a Greek peasant, who kisses the ground before he applies his lips to the bishop’s hand.
Entrance to the Tower of the Winds at Athens.
To the south-east of the Roman Agora is the octagonal Tower of the Eight Winds; the Clepsydra of Andronikos Kyrrheste described by Vitruviu.
The weekly market, bazar, or market-place of Athens.
Greeks, Turks, and Albanians are then seen mingled together; and while the variegated diversity of their costumes gratifies the eye of the beholder.