Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-23

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Without Wings So many of the tri
umphs Of the world had been followed by
defeat that the Greeks wished Ia marble to
indicate that victory for Athens had come
never again 70 fly away and hence this
temple 20 Victory Without Wings''-a
temple,Of marble, snow white and glitter
ing. Yonder behold the pedestal of Agrip-
pa, twenty seven feet high and twelve feet
square.
WONDERS OF THE PARTHENoN.
But the oyershadowing wonder of all
the hill is the Parthenon. In days when
money was ten times more valuable than
now it cost four million six hundred
thousand dollars. 1t is a Doric grand
eur, having forty-six columns, each col
umn thirty-four feet high and six feet
two inches in diameter. Wondrous inter
columniations! Painted porticos, archi-
traves tinged with ocher, shields of gold
hung up, lines Of most delicate curve, fig
ures of horses and men and women and
gods, oxen on the way to sacrifice, statues
of the deities Dionysius, Prometheus,
Hermes, Demeter, Heus, Hera, Poseidon;
in one frieZr twelve divinities; centaurs in
BATTLE weaponry from Marathon; chariot
OF night; chariot of the morning; horses
VI IHt SUM- llt ldJSSI Jut iuTleSt STATUE Oh
Jupiter holding in his right hand the
thunderbolt; silver footed chair in which
XerXes watched the battle of Salamis only
a few miles away.
Here is the colossal statue of Minerva in
full armor, eyes Of gray colored stone, fig
ure of Sphinx on her head grifIins by
her side (Which are lions with eagles
beak), spear in one hand, statue of liber.
ty in the other, II shield carved with battle
scenes, and even the slippers sculptured
and tied on with thongs Of gold. Far out
at sea the sailors saw this statue of Miner.
va rising high above all the temples, gilt
tering in the sun. Here are statues of
equestrians, statue of a lionness, and there
are the Graces, and yonder horse in
bronze.
There is n statue said in the time of
Augustus TO have of its own accord turned
around from east to west and spit blood,
statues made out Of shields conquered in
battle; statue of Apollo, the expeller of
locusts; statue Of Anacreon, drunk and
singing; statue of Olympodorus, a Greek,
memorable for the fact that he was cheer
full when Others were cast down. a trait
worthy of sculpture. But walk on and
around the Acropolis and yonder you see
statue Of Hygea, and the statue of The
seus fighting the Minotaur and the statue
of Hercules staying serpents No wonder
that Petronius said it was easier to find a
god than man in Athens. Oh, the Acrop-
oisl The most of it's temples and statues
maze from the marble quafrles OF Mount
Pentelicum, little way from the city.
have here on my table IA block of the
Parthcnon made out of this marble, and
on 1t Is the sculpture OF PhidlaS. brought
1t from the Acropolls, ms specimen has
on 1t the DUST OF ages ana the marks OF
explosion ana DaJJIe, Dut you can get from
1t some ldea OF the delicate Iuster OF the
Acropolls when 1t was covered with IA
mountain OF TINS marble cut INTO all the
exquisite shapes that genus could con-
JrlVe ana striped with silver ana ailame
with goId. Inc Acropolls IN the morning
night OF those ancients must nave shone as
though 1t were an aerollte cast OIL from
the MONDAY sun, The temples must have
looked IKE petrlhed foam. The whole
Acropolis must have seemed like the white
breakers OF tue great ocean OF time.
THE Al'hOPAGuS, OR MARS HILL.
But we cannot stop longer here, for there
IS MI near by OF more interest, though
1t has not one emp OF marble to suggest a
statue or temple We hasten down the
Acropoils TO ascend the AreopaSus, or
Mars nm aS II Is called, IL TOOK only
ABOUT three minutes TO walk tine distance,
ana the Two hiIltops are so near that what
sald III rellHious discourse on MARS mn
was Hearu ulS'lhcCly ny some EhSIlSn gen
teinen on inc AcroPoilS' ms Mars I'M Is
afouEh pHe OF rock lllIS rect hlGh' IT. was
famous long before New Testament times.
The Persians easily and terribly assault.
ed the AcropOlis from this billton Here
assembled the court to try criminals 1t