... quotes several Greek temples and seems to have inquired directly from those Greek architectural treatises now lost. But his descriptions and comments are marred by many flaws, as several modern commentators ...
... in close relations especially with Attalid ruled Pergamon. Archaeological excavations of Parion carried out since 2005 as well as quotes from ancient sources regarding the ancient city of Parion has revealed ...
... the Christian basis of his pedagogical principles is shown very clearly. On the other hand, the ecclesiastical component (e.g. quotes from the Bible or liturgical texts) is almost nonexistent in the book ...
... quotes and loud cries.
Lines written by another poet, Joseph Brodsky, sound over this every day hustle as a saving truth:
I fall down to the river, that flows endlessly before our eyes
Through ages, ...