Parthenon (414 Subjects)
View and plan of the Parthenon, with drawings of several architectural features of the temple.
Frontispiece: Imaginary representation of the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens, together with a topographical map of the Acropolis of Athens and plans of its monuments.
Composition: The porch of Hadrian's aqueduct (Dexameni) together with the Parthenon. In the background the columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Composition: The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. On the left a Muslim cemetery and a mosque. In the background the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon and Hadrian's Arch.
Composition: The Erechtheion together with the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).
Plan of the Parthenon together with drawings of some its architectural elements.
Drawings of several architectural and decorative elements of the Parthenon.
Map of Athens. The author notes some of the most important monuments of the city.
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Title page of the first volume. Composition: The Acropolis of Athens with the Pyramids of Giza.
The Parthenon from the west. On the right the Erechtheion.
Fragments of the Parthenon frieze.
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Curse of Minerva": The Parthenon.
View of the Acropolis of Athens.
The Parthenon.
Title page. The Acropolis and Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.
Panoramic view of Athens.
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Landscape at Cephissus river.
View of Athens from the Academy of Plato. The Acropolis and the temple of Hephaeustus (left) in the background.
View of Athens from the south.
View of Athens from Philopappus Hill.
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
The Acropolis seen from Pnyx hill.
The Parthenon seen from the Propylaea.
The temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis of Athens.
Comparison of plans of ancient temples as to their size: The temple of Artemis at Ephesus (1), the Heraion of Samos (2), the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma (3), the temple of Artemis at Sardes (4), the temple of Artemis Leucophryene at Magnesia on the Maeander (5), the temple of Dionysus at Teos (6), the temple of Athena Polias at Priene (7), in Ionic order. The temples of Agrigento (1) and Selinunte (2) in Doric order, the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens (Corinthian order) and the Parthenon (Doric order).
The Acropolis of Athens seen from Pnyx hill.