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Pictures in the Land of Temples; reproductions of a series of lithographs made in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913; (1915)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia, Lippincott · leaf 116

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HE ACROPOLIS BETWEEN Athens, the pavement of the Temple ofNike, and the roof of the Temple of Theseus, thereis a great gulf fixed, and this gives an amazing idea of heightand depth ; and beyond, stretching to the mountains, withthe feeling of the sea beyond that, is the sacred way. Itis the way to… … XXIISUNRISE OYER THE ACROPOLIS XXII SUNRISE OVER THE ACROPOLIS EVERY morning the sun, coming in at my bedroomwindow, woke me when it touched the topmost partof the Parthenon ; and then the light spread down to thebattlements, then to the cliffs, showing the horrid cavesand strong ribs over and upon…

Temples · Greece -- Description and travel

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