Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 365
allcities of Europe the most interesting to lovers of Grecian art. The Athens of to-day is but a faint shadow of her former self. What aglorious city it must have been in the days of Pericles, when the Parthenon,with its decorations fresh from the sculptors hands—and its scarcely less… … Athens—The Ackupolis, Temple of Zeus in the Foreground. is probably as lovely to-day as it was three thousand years ago, and that isthe view from the Acropolis looking out to sea over the Bay of Salamis, towardsAegina. The unequalled colour of the sky and sea, the splendid outline of themountains,…
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