Worsley, Richard [Sammler] [Editor]: Museum Worsleyanum: or, a collection of antique basso-relievos, bustos, statues, and gems ; with views of places in the Levant ; taken on the spot in the years MDCCLXXXV. VI. and VII. (Band 2) (London, 1824)

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VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ACROPOLIS AT ATHENS

IN 1785.

This view of the Acropolis, was likewise engraved from a sketch made by Mr. Pars ;
the former city of Cecrops, now become the Turkish citadel, and garrisoned by a few
castroni, or soldiers of the Castle, stands on the brink of a precipice commanding the
city, the piain, and the gulph of Egina. No situation could be finer, nor could any
spot be found which contained such an amazing display of beauty, opulence, and art;
in particular, the number of statues were prodigious. Tiberius Nero, who was fond of
images, plundered the Acropolis; notwithstanding, we are informed by Pliny, that in
his time the Acropolis, and the city of Athens, contained no fewer than a thousancl
statues; even Pausanias was astonished at their multiplicity.

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