The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-09-09

to the southwest we come to a rugged
mass of limestone rock from which pro
jects platform and a series of steps,
and out of the rock the hill of the Pnyx.
This is the bema of Demosthenes, and
from it were delivered some of those
orations which were the masterpieces Of
Grecian eloquence. To the left of this
we notice a number of square holes cut
in the face of the rock and find thai
they lead into several square inner
chambers. This is called the prison OF
Socrates, where he died so grandly.
Not very far away toward the Acropoli.
we notice low, long rugged mass OF
rock, beneath which are caves. Stairs
ascend on the northeast side, and we
find cuttings on the top, which is com.
paratively smooth. This is the hill O.
the Areopagus, or Mars Hill. where an
ancient court was held, and where later
Paul, the Christian preacher and phil.
osopher, stood and discoursed to the
men of Athens on the God that made
the heavens and the earth, but dwelleth
not in temples made with mems hands,
and that the Godhead is not like mute
gold or silver or stone craven by art anc
mans device.
Going around the Acropolis we com,
to the colossal ruins Of the temple OF
Jupiter Olympus, whose splendid col
umns are nearly ninety feet high anc
seven feet in diameter at the base.
Only sixteen out of the one hundred
and four remain standing. Twenty
minutes away we reached the ancient
stadium, or depression in the hillside
shaped like a horseshoe. Here were
the elegant marble seats, the gift OF
Herodes Atticus, and here were the
chariot races and the games. We pass
on our way back the theater Of Diony.
sus on the side of the Acropolis, the
marble seats still in position and the
very chair of the priest of Eleusis with
his name on it. From. the summit OF
Mt Lycabettus we obtain one Of the
finest views in all Greece. At its base 10
the American school of archaeology,
whose superintendent, DR. Walden.
stein, has achieved such fine reputa.
ton as an archaeolgist, and who is nov
excavating at Sparta.
1t is not possible within the space Of
brief letter to speak of the trips to
Marathon, Corinth. Olympia, Delphi
and MycenB. Let us rather turn ouI
attention to the Greeks of to-day In
1880 Greece achieved her independence
Of Turkey. For more than four hun.
dred years she was under the heels OF
the detestable Turks
1t is wonder that all spirit was not
crushed out of her. Since her liber
alton she has achieved wonders Sixty
years ago Athens was miserable little
village; now it is a beautiful city OF
eighty thousand inhabitants, with
elegant buildings. schools newspapers
etc. The Greek is bright, energetic,
capable. He is keen man of business
Nearly all the trade of the Levant is
in his hands. Greek merchants in
London, Liverpool, Constantinople
have bestowed much of their wealth
upon their country, and many of the fine
institutions of Athens are gifts OF
patriotic Greeks residing abroad. No
country in the world can surpass Greece
in point of its schools. That is to say.
there is less lliteracy in Greece than in
almost any other country. There is
what the Greeks call the Great Idea"
much discussed. That is, the union of all
the Greek speaking peoples. Rightly
to Greece should belong all the Greek
islands, including Cyprus, Crete and
Rhodes, with the Sporades and
Cyclades. The Greeks outnumber the
Turks in these islands nearly three to
one and are certainly more progressive
and capable AMOS w. PATTEN
An Explanation.
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