 | 1847 - 586 páginas
...to find the acropolis. Hitherto we had met with no mention of the city in any of the inscriptions ; but on ascending to the last-mentioned wall we came...that Termessus itself was yet to come, built on the mountain-top, even as Arrian has recorded. It stood on a platform surrounded by a natural wall of crags,... | |
 | 1847 - 548 páginas
...rocks, as if in confirmation. It must have been new to them, after having rested so long unspoken. Un reaching the third wall, our surprise was great at...platform, surrounded by a natural wall of crags, three or four hundred feet high, except on the east, where it terminated in a tremendous precipice, diving... | |
 | 1847 - 436 páginas
...in eonfirmation. It muBt have been new to them after having rested so long unspoken. " On reaehing the third wall, our surprise was great at finding that hitherto we had been wandering, an it were, only in the vestibule of the eity, and that Termessus itself was yet to eome, built on... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1847 - 594 páginas
...rocks as if in confirmation. It must have been new to them after having rested so long unspoken. OB reaching the third wall, our surprise was great at...that Termessus itself was yet to come, built on the mountain-top, even as Arrian has recorded. It stood on a platform surrounded by a natural wall of crags,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1847 - 562 páginas
...to find the acropolis. Hitherto we had met with no mention of the city in any of the inscriptions; but on ascending to the lastmentioned wall we came...were, only in the vestibule of the city, and that Tormessus itself was yet to come, built on the mountain-top, even as Arrian has recorded. It stood... | |
 | 1847 - 440 páginas
...small delight, and echoed by the old rocks as if in confirmation. It must have been new to them alter having rested so long unspoken. " On reaching the...were, only in the vestibule of the city, and that Tennessus itself was yet to come, built on the mountain top, even as Arrian has recorded. It stood... | |
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Hitherto we had met with no mention of the city in any of the inscriptions ; but on ascending to the last-mentioned wall we came upon an inscribed pedestal which assured us we were in Termessus, — a name shouted out by the finders with no small delight,... 