The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-22

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The ~ 7. Independent recently published
letter from Athens by DR.. Newman Hall,
in which we hnd few running comment L
on the classic capital of Greece as It strike,
tourist of to-day:
1--WE landed in the Pireus on Monday
the 11th of May. The scene was dread fully
like what we see at any third rate European
or American port There was nothing
whatever to remind Us of its ancient fame,
After . prosaic fuss over baggage and 4
dreary waiting at the railway depot, the
tram started for Athens, four miles distant
In few minutes alldisappointment ceased.
Close on our right, where we stopped, was
the Temple Of Thesus. in all its exquisite
proportions, tinted with the percil of more
than twenty centuries, its noble peristyle
complete. not one OF the columns which at
first surrounded it missing. and many of its
sculpturcd metotypes still In their places.
This IS one of the most ancient aud most
splendid specimens oc the Doric temple ex.
isting: and, though it is small. yet it's pro.
portions are 80 perfect that the only impres
sion is one of quiet majesty. There are six
columns in the portico ut each end, and thir-
teen along the side, reckoning the corner
column twice. But We could only glance 1t
this temple; for just above rose the Acropo
lie in majestic beauty, crowned with the
ruins of the Partl,enon.
A few minutes sufficcd at the hotel for
personal arrangements, and then we hasten
cd to inspect this rock of wonderful memor.
les and wonderful relics. Our route was
past the palace-a large. ugly, barrxck- like
building-beyond which We suddenly came
upon the remains of the majestic temple of
Olympian Jove. Sixteen Of its Corinthian
columns stand together In an imposing clus.
ter: They are of the purcst white marble.
though now eloqucntly stained by age.
They are six feet in diameter and Fl fty.seve
feet high One has recently fallen. meas.
ured the capital. which is eight feet square
at the top; yet, as they stand, each 10 no
light and elegant that you might suppose
that only one man instead of twelve could
stand on the top. Just below it was mar.
row stream, running under . very modern
bridge. 1t was the Ilyssus. Beyond It rose
a lofty mountain range, apparently about six
miles distant. It was Hymettus Now We
turned toward the Acropolis. On tho side
OF the rock We saw the theatcr Dyonysius,
Its seats cut in the rock. We went on to
the vast ruins of the theatre of Hcrod, also
partially Gu: in the side Of the Acrcpolis.
We mounted at the back of it, and by a
wooden gate, kept by . soldier, who guards
the spot from injury, we entered the sacred
precincts.
= was overwhelmed w,ih tho 1lnrv nf ~
Propylea-its lofty and broad flight Of
marble steps, its grand p;''~.s and The re-
mains of its beautiful sculpture. On our
right was tho elegant little temple Of Victory.
Vast blocks of marble lay about In wild cun-
fusion, obstructing, yet making most pic
luresque this sublime shrine Of the heather
world. Some of the blocks Of marble in the
arc!,itrAve Of the entrance ar twenty feet
In length. On passing the portal The Par.
ll,cnon appears little tn the right, 70 that
it shows not only its mighty front, but its
side, in glorious perspective Of columns.
need not detail its features-the eight col.
umns of its portioo, % grand in heir Doric
the noble fragment of sculpture
md skill remaining in its freizc; the per-
lection of combined beauty and simplicity
which all the ravsyes of war, and all the
cannon balls lying about among the ruins
have failed to obliterate. In the center of
the rocky platform. and at the side of the
temple, rose the gigantic bronze image of
whose glittering helmet scared
above every other object, and was seen from
Prrus and Sala,nis. and far off at eea On
our left were the remains of an Ionic tenn
pie, the Erectheum, with its Carytides sup.
porting one Of its poriicos. Welooked down
over the psrapct upon Modern Atheus-a
clean. pleasant town of about a, 600 inhab-
itants. Every moment Of the time has been
well occupied in gazing upon and sketching
these and other objects Of interest.
We have been in the cavern prison Of
Socrstes We have stood on the rock Bems,
or rostrum, where Den,osthenes used to I'd.
dress the great assembly of citizens. We
have been fascinated while contemplating
the remnants Of the great wall which sur
rounded the place of meeting, built IN Cy-
clopean style. Of blocks Of some eight and
ten feet square. We have sat and mcditat-
ed on Mars Hill, where Paul preached to the
men of Athens, looked up direct on the
Acropoljs, from which It is distant only
about 200 yards. It IL . rock about sixty
feet high, its surface IN its natural state,
with ancient steps cut In It ] can only odd
that al my snticipasious Of Athens ore far
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