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pEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, JANUARY i 1893

pretty. used for summer resorts for the
rich Npnpolitnna. A very pretty and In
tercsting trip Is out to pcrtum, where
you can see two or three ancient tenn
pies and other ruins.
left Naples early Sunday morning
via Brindesi. Corfu. To Athens I ar
rived at the Island OF Corfu early Mon
day morning. II II n pretty island en-
tircly Greek. Here I got my first view
OF the descendants OF the once great
nation. The male sex are dressed just
Ike ballet dancer with sort 81
short skirt. The female dresses ordi-
narily. | cannot describe their get
up. After driving about the town for
awhile, I caught my boat. arriving In
place called Pattra's. | caught tho
train Tor Athens. on the way VIZ
stopped at ancient Corinth. There ~
nothing hut a few remains Of an old
Stadium left OF this once great city
that ruled Greece FOR awhile. You are
pointed out the spot supposed u have
been the site Of the house Paul lived In.
Very few people live there now. II II
hard to believe that this dcsolate little
village stands where noble Corinth once
ilourishcd. and where Paul had such n
heavy following There is nothing to
see nt present with the exception Of the
canal But that ~ modern. II ~ very
pass In under the bridges. II connects
the Gulf OF Corinth with the Gulf OF
Athens.
Continuing on. arrived In Athens
about dusk. n was hard for me TO
walt FOR morning. I 20 wanted to SEQ
the Acropolla. Bright ana early I Wis.,
Tied the one time wonder 10 the world.
II sits upon n square hill commanding
an excellent view Of the surrounding
country. on one side In the distance ~
tho sea. while ON the other lies Athens
OF today. Everything " M ruins The
one time great Pantheon has most ~
It's pillars standing. but the roof IL en-
tirely gone. II was blown on by a
magazine Of the Nonctiana, when they
conquered the country. The beautiful
Htntunry and fricze work. the old ora
tors and philosophers used 10 boast ~
and refer TO. are entirely gone. Most Of
u II In the British Museum. The Pam
theon stu stands. n grand old ruin al
though II has been ovcrhauled by 10
many nations. First the Romans con-
lucrcd ~ then the NcnotianH: then the
Turks; then the English. then Turks.
10 with nn many bcslogcra one cannot
expect perfect building such ~ IL was
IN P"ficlcH' time, with the work OF
Phidins. the greatest sculptor tho world
has ever known. one can easily build
on the ruins with Imagination. putting
u'tn w lhrif nfin'Nul state with the
sanctuary N the Goddess Ath.nn. or
Mlncrn. rcsplcndcnt with gold and ali.
Yer dressing. The great statue OF
Minerva Itself had gold worked around
and on II To- the value u millions
Minerva was the protcctrcEs Of Athens.
She WINS supposed 10 be- the daughter
~ Ncnuf Another grand statue Of
her stood In the court yard; pedestal
and all II stood about 20 fnnt high
This was worked out by PhidinH him-
self. II was robed In n cloak mndo "
gold, standing with spear In hand.
Such wealth RH this made II an object
OF coniiscntion by the first cnnquerrr.
Therefore we have none ~ IT, remains
left. The Acrupolla has several other
buildings within It's walls. The en-
trance IL called the prupylarn. An old
marble staircase leads NJ to this mag
ninccnt work OF art. Each side was
used ~ n sanctuary. while the center
lined on each side by lifted duric coll
umnr. on Ia It's right stood the tenn
pie u tho wingieHs victory. \ smnii
temple but beautifully cmbcillrhod with
works ~ nrt Of n very superior sort.
ON the loft ARE the remains 81 large
pcdlmont, one" rurinountcd by "a statue
81 one ~ the cinperurs. Tho whole %
the prpphylnca and buildings at It's
top cniied the Thcreum was composed
~ pcntcllc marble ~ very white sort.
ON entering to my left stands bcnuti-
ful pile 81 ruins that was once tho
Ercchthcum. The front N this temple
was surrounded by n purtico held NJ