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The Civilisation of the Hellenistic Age
M7
Liter
ature was to a large extent in the hands of such learned 476. Litera-
rn^n as those of Alexandria. Forsaking war and tragedy, these
'ars loved to picture such scenes as the shepherd at the
S> listening to the music of overhanging boughs, lazily
sPrin
■ 90. Restoration of the Public Buildings of Pergamum,
A Hellenistic qity of asia minor. (After Thiersch)
afl^31^111111' °n t'le wes*- coast of Asia Minor (see map, p. 124), became
of a'JriS'1'nf» oity-kingdom in the third century B. c. under the successors
lo\ ander the Great (§ 456). The dwellings of the citizens were all
WlrT C'own' 'n front of the group of buildings shown here. These public
|ar lnSs stand on three terraces — lower, middle, and upper. The
Sa.Ua l°Wer terrace (4) was the main market place, adorned with a vast
^e marble altar of Zeus, having colonnades on three sides, beneath
(J" Was a 'onS sculptured band (frieze) of warring gods and giants
fanv II0'' ®n *'le middle terrace (B), behind the colonnades, was the
stjU us 1'brary of Pergamum, where the stone bases of library shelves
kin SUrv've- The upper terrace (C) once contained the palace of the
Si the temple now there was built by the Roman Emperor Trajan
in the second century of the Christian era
*^tching his flocks, and dreaming the while of some winsome
age maid who has scorned his devotion. In such verse the
S.reatest hterary artist of the age was a Sicilian named Theoc-
,!tus' whose idyls have taken a permanent place in the world's
eratur*e for two thousand years.
M7
Liter
ature was to a large extent in the hands of such learned 476. Litera-
rn^n as those of Alexandria. Forsaking war and tragedy, these
'ars loved to picture such scenes as the shepherd at the
S> listening to the music of overhanging boughs, lazily
sPrin
■ 90. Restoration of the Public Buildings of Pergamum,
A Hellenistic qity of asia minor. (After Thiersch)
afl^31^111111' °n t'le wes*- coast of Asia Minor (see map, p. 124), became
of a'JriS'1'nf» oity-kingdom in the third century B. c. under the successors
lo\ ander the Great (§ 456). The dwellings of the citizens were all
WlrT C'own' 'n front of the group of buildings shown here. These public
|ar lnSs stand on three terraces — lower, middle, and upper. The
Sa.Ua l°Wer terrace (4) was the main market place, adorned with a vast
^e marble altar of Zeus, having colonnades on three sides, beneath
(J" Was a 'onS sculptured band (frieze) of warring gods and giants
fanv II0'' ®n *'le middle terrace (B), behind the colonnades, was the
stjU us 1'brary of Pergamum, where the stone bases of library shelves
kin SUrv've- The upper terrace (C) once contained the palace of the
Si the temple now there was built by the Roman Emperor Trajan
in the second century of the Christian era
*^tching his flocks, and dreaming the while of some winsome
age maid who has scorned his devotion. In such verse the
S.reatest hterary artist of the age was a Sicilian named Theoc-
,!tus' whose idyls have taken a permanent place in the world's
eratur*e for two thousand years.