Mahaffy, John Pentland, Sir, 1839-1919 · London Macmillan · leaf 117
t blue aloes, and passedup through the Propylaea into the presence of theParthenon.1 But to those who have not given wayto these feelings—who have gone again and againand sat upon the rock, and watched the ruins atevery hour of the day, and in the brightness of amoonlight night—to those who have… … iv.] ATHENS—THE ACROPOLIS. 8; of Athens greatness, when Olympian Periclesstood upon this rock with care-worn Phidias,and reckless Alcibiades with pious Xicias, andfervent Demosthenes with caustic Phocion—whensuch men peopled the temples in their worship,and all the fluted pillars and sculptured…
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