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The sanctuary of Pandrosus at Athens, admits only of a few persons; and even the temple of Athenæ is not to be compared for size with our modern churches.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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It was this second Aglaurus the Athenian women were in the habit of invoking; they often associated with her her sister Pandrosus.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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The motive in this case was the desire to include in one design several existing and venerated shrines to Attic deities and heroes -- Athena Polias, Poseidon, Pandrosus, Erechtheus, Boutes, etc.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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And next to the temple of Athene is the temple of Pandrosus; who was the only one of the three sisters who didn't peep into the forbidden chest.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two 1885
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The fragment 109 is the lower portion of a draped female statue; the relic marked 110 is part of the shaft of an Ionic column; the capital of a column, 125, is very beautiful: but the object that will be most attractive to the general visitor is the statue marked 128, known in architecture as a Caryatid, which was used in the temple of Pandrosus instead of columns.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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"The lobbies and Hall of Representatives have their columns and antæ of the Octagon Tower of Andronicus Cyrrhestes, and the plan of the hall is of the formation of the Greek theater and the columns and antæ in the Senatorial chamber and rotunda are of the Temple of Erectheus, Minerva Polias, and Pandrosus, in the Acropolis of Athens, near the above-named Parthenon.
A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913 Robert Digges Wimberly 1913
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