The Republican journal., 1913-10-23
OVER SEAS.

OVER SEAS.
-lr g. lips further notes of travel were
,rr.r board the Cunard r. M. s. Saxonia
~ --+ reward voyage and will be published
+, s-a Is with date omit ted
-....5 return to the head of the jag
H.. a and to the foot of the vast
ar. .JrWay leading to the summit of
he roiis. The sun is setting be-
Am o4ntains across sea of glory.
r,- .4.-e. children look at me and look
hn Nn the Jagged path to their
gl -.ao.e-like houses. | read it all.
4. natter Of a few "lepta" in cold
ts J, as quick as get onto cash
Bes, each child clutches his little copper
mr sends as though news is to be
born. alma of fortune suddenly ac-
elfs be- next day | was pointed out by
hose children seemingly as one
4. N wonders of the world In
l5 .a the Acropolis ranked ancient
h j. lq of them, the other six being
It. # eng Gardens of Babylon, the
7,ar Diana at Ephesus, the Statue
t IIet-r Olympus, that bestrode the
He u Rhodes, the Cretan Labyrinth,
'.- I7a1 Of Mausolus and the Pyramids
IF Eegp,.
Il. Aropolis, the glory of Athens
glc= tr- time of Pericles, was in early
q., place of residence as we'll as
3 sanctuary. During the time of Pc
ssrs--s it was exclusively the resi-
dslc= ii the rulers of Athens, but later
va. cheated solely to the gods. 1t
vas lapured and its buildings destroyed
b ls Persians B. C. 4S0, after which
K Wa rebuilt by The Mistocles and
Eula During Turkish times it was
converted into citadel, and its temples
We're 1sei as dwellings and mosques. 1t
Efrt4-ea by the Beule gate, the ascent
beng by marble steps to the Propylead,
ar Hbosing gateway with five portals.
On q g.atform before the south wing
SANS the temple of Athena. This little
lGIc -mpe was built of Pentelic marble
W T. g. At each end is portico of
-four oumns, while around the entire
tlM.rg is a sculptured frieze represent
Ing 4sienian contests. On the north
SD stands the river of the Erechtheion.
|l1' temple, also of Pentelic mar
d. Guilt about B. c. ALL. 1t has
lre- ,u~ticos, the east of six Ionic col
|nrs Heated to Athena, the South
Exported by six maidens as Karyatides,
t- roera by six columns, most richly
'H3s- before a doorway of great
is2l'y Within this part lay the house
T. -r-chtheus, the shrine from which
'a= temple takes its name. Here stood
asa lae affairs to Poseidou, Nephaestos,
an the Athenian hero Butes. The
be e-ere, or raised platform, at the
Gas end Of the Acropolis affords the
BEST yew of the modern city.
DaecJy back of the great gateway at
HE crest of the Acropolis, surrounded
oy court now strewn with vast quanti-
lies Of broken marble, some of it show
og where genius has chiseled it's death
s8S name, one advances to the great
'attenon; ruined by time and war, grim
10 ne sombre gray of antiquity. One
'dd cat =Xclaim, what labor of ancient
asn to place these mighty columns and
sl'hl.faves and rafters on this high and
Seer escarprent of rock! 1t was the
'o"' grinding work of slav=s under the
4ahls Of task-masters spurred on by
We greatest architectural and sculptural
sTQ.' the world ever knew. This tenn
Ns' Wholly Of Pentelic marble, was built
a45I orioles, the entire work being
~a'Y',4d in the years B. G. 447-438.
'1s architects were Klinos and Kali
T'1'sS The sculptural designs were by
''u'as, The peristyle consisted of II
~lans on the sides and of eight at the
'' HE two pediments contained so
' VIZ ilgures. There were 80 metopes,
1g around the wall ran a frieze 524
81 10 ength, the very perfection of
'aoIy The building stood almost in its
aSna perfection till 1857, when, hav-
e Deeh converted into powder maya
"' oy the Turks, bomb fired by Vene-
'DS' who were besieging the Acropolis,
4, spoaed within. tearing out some of the
ta'srs on both sides more than half way
~. sA from the west front. Many of the
ualp'ures were saved by Lord Elgin.
~. ~ carried them to England in 1901,
~ aey are now in the British Museum.
4, I''ef casts of the marvelously beauti-
Hgares that adorned the gables are
b.r we Acropolis museum. am of the
,'ei that when all facts of this tour
n Anown, and l shall have passed away,
III. sO0a people of the towns of my ma
n g., and young life may, on pedestal
/, ~" stone laid permanently in cement
b.. 'Vine forks or crossing of the roads,
W. Iva statue of myself to my memory,
'''e size, for be it known that among