A Manual of Grecian Antiquities
A Manual of Grecian Antiquities
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The entire circuit of the walls was one hundred and seventy- four and a half stadia (nearly twenty-two miles), of which forty- three a^adia (nearly five and a half miles) belonged to the city, seven- ty-five stadia (nearly nine and a half miles) to, the Long Walls, and fifty-six and a half stadia (aeven miles) to the Pir«eus, Mnnychia, and Phalerum. We will now proceed to give a more minute ac- count of the city, consixlered under its two grand divisions into Up- per and Lower.
1. TOPOGRAPHY OP... THE ACROPOLIS, OR UPPER CITY.
I. The AcropoUt, also called CecrapiOf from its reputed founder Cecrops, was a steep rock in the middle of the city, about one hundred and fifty feet high, one thousand one hundred and fifty feet long, and five hundred broad. Its sides were naturally scarped of all sides except the western end. It was originally surrounded by an ancient Cyclopian wall, said to have been built by the Pelasgi- ans. At the time of the Peloponnesian war only the northern part of this wall remained, and this portion was still called the Pelasgic WaUy while the southern part, which bad been rebuilt by Oimon, «as called the Cimonian Wall.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The entire circuit of the walls was one hundred and seventy- four and a half stadia (nearly twenty-two miles), of which forty- three a^adia (nearly five and a half miles) belonged to the city, seven- ty-five stadia (nearly nine and a half miles) to, the Long Walls, and fifty-six and a half stadia (aeven miles) to the Pir«eus, Mnnychia, and Phalerum. We will now proceed to give a more minute ac- count of the city, consixlered under its two grand divisions into Up- per and Lower.
1. TOPOGRAPHY OP... THE ACROPOLIS, OR UPPER CITY.
I. The AcropoUt, also called CecrapiOf from its reputed founder Cecrops, was a steep rock in the middle of the city, about one hundred and fifty feet high, one thousand one hundred and fifty feet long, and five hundred broad. Its sides were naturally scarped of all sides except the western end. It was originally surrounded by an ancient Cyclopian wall, said to have been built by the Pelasgi- ans. At the time of the Peloponnesian war only the northern part of this wall remained, and this portion was still called the Pelasgic WaUy while the southern part, which bad been rebuilt by Oimon, «as called the Cimonian Wall.
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