The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-13
CAPITAL CITY OF GREECE.
The Classic Beauty of lis Ancient Archi-
lecture
GRAPHICALLY TOLD BY RUTH WEST.
Modern Athens ScrupulOusIy Clean, Which Is
Speaking Volumes of An East
ern City.

PIE VI III IL Une AIeOpdSuS
steep rock, approached by a
fight of steps cut in the rock,
where the tribunal of the Areopa
gus. sat in the open air. 1t was
on this hill that the Apostle Pau
preached his discourse begin.
ming, "Men of Athens, l perceive
that in all things you are too su.
perstitious." Leaving the Areo.
pagus, we went on to the Acropo-
lis, up the steps and through the
Propylaea, the gateway, con.
structed also oil Pentelic marble,
and of the Doric order, begun IN
437 B. G. Turning to the west IS
the Temple of Mindless Victory,
charming little temple of TWEEN
ty three feet in height, with four
columns of Ionic Architecture in
front. The frieze of the north
and west sides were carried off
~ Lord Elgin to the British
Museum, but have been replaced
i'll terra Gotta. Next is 5he Par
thenon--Ob, what grandneSs of
1t, even in it's ruined condition =
The reliefs from the pediments
and friezes are all gone. We must
20 to the British Museum and
elsewhere to admire them. The
divisions of the interior are en-
tlrely gone, only the marks on
the pavement remain as traces of
their whereabouts. The Par
thenon architecturally and his
torically, as everyone knows, is
all that's to be known Of it from
the beginning of the story to the
end. North of the Parthenon
rises the Erecheium, whose arch
itecture is of a composite nature,
giving it d style which Is none the
less charming. 1t is built on
three levels. The eastern temple
of Athene Pollas was the one in
which the sacred lamp was al,
ways kept burning; on the south
is the famous portico of the Cary
atldes (porch of maidens). The
order of Architecture is Ionic, as
is shown by the Ionic columns of
the eastern and northern portl-
cos. There is museum in the
AcrOpolis containing sculptures
from the various temples. After
we had gone through that and
spent some time in aosorblng the
view,-it is one of remarkable
beauty, over looking as 1t does at
once the beautiful sea and the
city-in order TO get it we'll photo
graphed IN our minds, we reluc-
family left the Acropolis and went
to the theatre of Bacchus, which
the former directly over looks.-
The stage of this theatre Is the
cradle of dramatic art. On it
Eschylus, Euripides, Sophocles,
and Aristophanes had their mas
ter-pieces represented. The plan
is circular, the seats Of marble,
the names of the persons to whom
they belonged are 'inscl ibed up
on them. Next to the theatre of
Bacchus is the Odon of Herod At
ticus, which was destroyed by
tire. 1t is in form like the Theatre
of Bacchus, but differed from the
theatres of it's time in that it was
covered by canopy, also it was
reserved for musical competl-
tions.
On our way to modern Athens,
we visited Chovagic Monument OF
Lysicrates, the best represented
example of Corinthian Architec'
ture; the Arch of Adrian, which
divides modern Athens from the
ancient city; the Temple of Jupi-
ter, now only hall of columns,
but very beautiful; and last, the
Stadium, where the panatheniac
Games were celebrated.
A little about modern Athens
before | leave off talking about
this most splendid of all places
the city is scrupulously clean
this Is speaking volumes for an
eastern city. The houses are
neat aud artistic; streets wide
and shady.
We reached Smyrna about moor
on the 9Th. There we spent
very pleasant afternoon, first IA