Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 291
picted on the coins. But thetwo citadels of lost Naxos still remain. Right above the strip of coast, wherewe have to believe the main city once stood, towers the rocky promontory,400 feet above, to which Taormina now clings. This was the lower acropolis ofNaxos; but still higher up, 400 feet and… … General View of Taormina, b-rom the Greek Theatre. (The village of Mola on the heights.) Not much of Greek Tauromenion is in evidence, save its incomparableTheatre—one of the best preserved, in some respects, and the most picturesquelyplaced. The scene from the upper tiers of the rock-hewn seats is…
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