10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANDROSPHINGES»
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androsphinges in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
androsphinges and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The biographical dictionary of the Society for the diffusion ...
He built propyls for the temple of Athenaea at Sais, which surpassed all others in
magnitude and height, and he made many colossi and large androsphinges. He
also ornamented most of the celebrated temples of Egypt, and among them the ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long, 1843
2
The St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review
Herodotus says that the Egyptians had also their Androsphinges, half lion, half
man. The most remarkable representation of the Egyptian Sphinx is that of
Ghizeh, or El Geezeh, which stands to to the east of, and is slightly smaller than
the ...
3
View of ancient and modern Egypt: with an outline of its ...
... qu'ils laisaient meme ies sphinx barbua, comme hi preuve un bas-relief en
terre cuite conserve a la Far- nesina. Lorsque IkTodote nomine les sphinx dea
androsphinges, il a voulu designer par eerie expression la duplicate de leur sexe
.
4
Grecian and Roman Mythology
According to Herodotus, however, the Egyptians had also their Androsphinges,
with the body of a lion and the face of a man. At the present day there still
remains, about three hundred paces east of the second pyramid, a celebrated
statue of a ...
5
Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
... change of Colossal Statues and Androsphinges. (175.) Amaof sex to this
incident. sis likewise sent to Cyrene a golden Statue and a Picture Great The
Hymn concludes with a marked testimony to of Minerva, and to her Temple at
Lindus two ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
6
View of Ancient and Modern Egypt; with an Outline of Its ...
... et qu'ils faisaient mfime Aes sphinx barbus, comme le preuve un bas-relier en
terre cuite conserve a la Far- nesina. Lorsque Herodote nomme les sphinx des
androsphinges, il a voulu designer par cette expression la duplies de leursexe.
7
The tomb of Alexander: a dissertation on the sarcophagus ...
Herodotus, enumerating the decorations given by Amasis to this edifice,
mentions very remarkable statues, under the appellation of androsphinges*. His
commentators, and among others year 1794, it appeared more like the ruin of a
city than ...
Edward Daniel Clarke, British Museum. Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, 1805
8
Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia
Herodotus enumerates among the decorations, prodigious colossal statues
under the name of androsphinges. But . the most astonishing work was a
monolithic shrine or temple, 21 cubits long, 14 broad, and 8 high, the size of the
chamber ...
Lorsqne Herndote nomme les sphinx des androsphinges, il a vonln designer par
cette expression la duplicété de leur sexe. Les sphinx qui sont aux quatre faces
de la pointe de l'obslisque du soliel, cont rernnrquables par leurs mains ...
Gustaf Clemens Hebbe, 1848
10
Bell's New Pantheon; Or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, ...
See Perseus. ANDROPHONOS, or HOMICIDE, a name given to Venus, who, to
avenge the death of Lais, killed by the Thessalians in her temple, destroyed
numbers of them by a pestilence. ANDROSPHINGES. See Sphinx.., ANDRUS,
son of ...
