Identifier: accountofdiscov00fell (find matches)
Title: An account of the discoveries in Lycia, being a journal kept during a second excursion in Asia Minor
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Fellows, Charles
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Publisher: London, Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Drawn & Etched by G.Scharf Junf F!RA©RfflEK!TS at XfcWTI John Murray, Lond XAXTHUS. 173 and student of the Greek games ; were it possible toremove the trees and bushes, the examination of thepiles of ruins would afford occupation for many weeks.In my previous Journal I mentioned that various piecesof sculpture of early date are built into the walls of theAcropolis : of these I now give drawings, which mayassist, from the subject and style of art, to afford in-formation about this interesting place. The construc-tion of the chariots and the costume of the figures areof an early age: I also observe a marked peculiarity inthe arrangement of the forelocks of the horses*. The ani-mals have also their interest; some strongly resemblethe subjects often seen upon antique gems. The lion * On examining the various works of the ancient Greeks in theBritish Museum, I find no instance either in the horses of the Greekmarbles, or on the numerous Etruscan vases, of the forelock being tiedin thi

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