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a: 115c "First of all they bridged over the zones of sea which surrounded the ancient metropolis, making a road to and from the royal palace."
b: 115c "And at the very beginning they built the palace in the habitation of the god and of their ancestors, which they continued to ornament in successive generations, every king surpassing the one who went before him to the utmost of his power"
c: 115d "And beginning from the sea they bored a canal of three hundred feet in width and one hundred feet in depth and fifty stades in length, which they carried through to the outermost zone, making a passage from the sea up to this, which became a harbour, and leaving an opening sufficient to enable the largest..."
d: 115e "Moreover, they divided at the bridges the zones of land which parted the zones of sea, leaving room for a single trireme to pass out of one zone into another, and they covered over the channels so as to leave a way underneath for the ships..."
e: 116a "...placing towers and gates on the bridges where the sea passed in...and the bridge, which was the sixth part of a stade in width..."
f: 116b "Some of the buildings were simple, but in others they put together different stones, varying the colour to please the eye, and to be a natural source of delight."
g: 116b "...same time hollowed out docks double within, having roofs formed out of the native rock."
h: 116b/c "The entire circuit of the wall, which went round the outermost zone, they covered with a coating of brass, and the circuit of the next wall they coated with tin, and the third, which encompassed the [c] citadel, flashed with the red light of orichalcum (copper alloy)."