The Indiana State sentinel., 1889-03-13

could give it hundred yards start and
catch it before it got half way around the
block. / observed at the end OF this par
ticular day that my incidental
expense account had largely in
creased, according 10 the account
rendered me, but l suppose that Constan-
tin reasoned that there ought 70 be some
additional recompense for the suffering
undergone during my oratOrical flights.
Beyond the Pnyx to the right is the al
legged tomb of Cymon, and further on the
Museum hill, upon which is seen the
handsome tomb OF Philopappus, des-
cendant OF the rOyal family of King An
tiochus of Asia Minor At the base is the
so-called prison OF Socrates where he
is said to have swallowed his poisonous
draught OF hemlock.
Turning from here but q short distance
and the rocks OF "Agia Marina" are
reached, the stones OF which are worn
smooth upon one side by superstitious
women who believe that sliding down
them will bring families TO those who are
without them. Above them rises the
''Sina Observatory" on the "Hill of the
Nymphs," and further on TO the north
stands the ''Theseum," the best preserved
OF all the ancient edifices OF Greece. 1t
is believed to be older than the Parthenon
and to have been erected in the time OF
Cymon as temple to the memory of
Theseus, the founder of Athens, and as a
place OF interment for what were be-
lieved to be his remains, as pointed out to
Cymon by the Oracle. Going thence by
the giant statues OF Atlantes, the gardens
of Epicurus and the "Stoa" or Colorado
of Hadrian into Eous, "Odos''
(streetl, the next point stopped at
is the Tower of the Winds" which was
originally combined weathercock, sun
dial and water-clock, built by "Adronicus
of CIRRUS" 100 wears Is. &. Next crossing TO
the district south OF the Acropolis we see
the monument of Lysicrates, commonly
known as the Lantern of Demosthenes"
and the ruins OF the "Eleusinium" and
the "Prytaneum" or senate house, and
pass through the finely preserved arch OF
Hadrian, built by the Roman emperor to
divide the old city from the part recon-
structed by himself as shown by an
original inscription on one side that This
Is the City of Hadrian, not Theseus," and
on the other This is Athens, the ancient
city OF Theseus' On the great square OF
the Olympeum here stand sixteen mag
uifiCedt COrinthian columns siXty-fOur
feet in hight and seven feet in diameter.
all that remain OF the great temple OF
Jupiter Olympus, the largest Greek tenn
pie ever constructed with the exception
OF that Of Diana at Ephesus.
Crossing the dry bed OF the Illisus near
the famed Callirrhoe or beautiful flow
ing" spring the Stadium is arrived at,
where in the old DAYS rhe games and races
were held, which constituted one OF the
chief amusements OF the ancient Athenians
1t was built in the form of an elip,ical
shaped earthwOrk open at one end and
had marble seats for $4,000 spectators.
"Peripatetics, 'the school philosophy
of Aristotle, met at the Lyceum on the
Ili;ssus, the followers OF Plato at the acad-
envy outside the walls and the Cynics of
Diogenes -orth Of the Lyceum near Mt.
LycybettUs. This latter elevation is the
highest of the hills Immediately about
Athens. and is called 'Mt. 1t. George" by
the modern Greeks in honor of the chapel
at the summit dedicated TO the Dragon
SLAYER. Near the "Dipylon gate" is the
ancient burial ground Of Agis Triade, with
many old monuments in a good state of
preservation, usually representing the de-
ceased seated in a chair taking a pleasant
farewell of his friends. The modern
Greeks have a peculiar custom in connec-
tiOn wi,l burials which is to give notice OF
the funeral by small, black-bordered an
nOuncements stuck up on The street corn
ers and public places. The ancient Col
oneus" is reached by field patcn outside
the city and is the scene OF the "Oedfpus
Coloneus" of Sophocles, who thus refers to
it in his Strophes-
Stranger, az nire the most beautiful fields
Beneath Atticas heaven, Colonus,
Bright and cheerful district where
Nightingales in silvery tones,
Nesting numerOusly in the green hedges
sylvan shade, sigh and lament.
The Polytechnic, national museum and
Acropolis museum contain the numerous
antiquities that have been excavated at
Athens, Mycenae and elsewhere through
the efforts Oi DIR. Schliemann and others
DIR. Schliemann has a beautiful resi-
dence not far from the university built on
the ancient Greek model and stored with
rare trophies of his explorations. II is
not generally known that this famous
discoverer was for some time a resident
OF indianapolis, occupying a small house
on Noble-st. belonging to William II. Eng
hsh. During his stay in the Hoosier capital
he secured a divorce from his former vile.
in the Marion circuit court and is now
happily married to a handsome Greek
lady of Athens. The excursion from
Athens TO COrlnth by way OF Eleusis and
Megara Is 2 most enjoyable one in every
respect, To Eleusis by carriage takes but
a few hours and the route follows the old
sacred road " over which the annual
procession passed IL the celebration OF
the famous EleUsinian mysteries. An
ancient olive grove containing trees al
legged to be a thousand years old is
pointed out on the way near the birth
place Of Miltiades At Daphne a monas-
tery marks the site of a former temple of
Apollo and at Eleusis there is little left of
the great temple OF Ceres beyond a few
scattered fragments. The Corinth rail-
wav follows about the same direction as
the carriage road, and leaving Eleusis runs
along the margin of the beautiful bay of
Eleusis through rugged and mountain
Gus country to Megara, the birthplace Of
Euclid, formerly numbered among the
most tiOurishing OF GTecian cities. But I
could find nothing here now worthy of
jotting down in my note book, other than
some fragmentary pelasgic remains and
the peculiar little conical-shaped earthen
ovens or bake houses that are built Just
outside the doors of all the humble resi-
dences From Megara the road continues
on by the banks of the Gulf of Saronica.
with little to see by the way but shepherds
with their crooks and flocks of goats, 10 the
point where the "Isthmian games' were
held, and where the canal is now being
constructed across the COrinthian isthmus,
and stops at what was once the richest
and most powerful commercial city of
Greece, if not of the world. But alas
the glory has departed and nothing now