"Modius" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... iii. c. 8) places the Horreum, the statue of Maimas, the house of Craterus, the Modius, and the arch bearing the two bronze hands, after passing which a criminal on the way to punishment lost all hope of reprieve, near this church; basing that opinion on the statement of Suidas that these buildings stood near the ...
— Byzantine Churches in Constantinople - Their History and Architecture • Alexander Van Millingen |
