The rock on which the oracle priestess stood at Delphi to proclaim her utterances. Here came men rich and poor, Kings and generals for advice before embarking on new schemes and fields The lion of Chaeronea. A huge marble statue dug up in the fields of Chaeronea.

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The rock on which the oracle priestess stood at Delphi to proclaim her utterances. Here came men rich and poor, Kings and generals for advice before embarking on new schemes and fields The lion of Chaeronea. A huge marble statue dug up in the fields of Chaeronea.

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Photographs show Sybil rock at Delphi, Greece and the Lion of Chaeronea statue which was erected by the Thebans in memory of their dead after the battle of Chaeronea (338 BCE).

Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.
On page: no. 1449 (top image), and no. 1450 (bottom image),
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [99].
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1923
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Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer
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Kastellocampos38.27700, 21.74900
Google Map of 38.277, 21.749
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Library of Congress
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