Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the Kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the Aegean Sea, with Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia |
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... Hymettus , and gently sinks into the sea at Sunium . But it emerges again in the rugged and lofty crags of the Ægean Islands ; we may trace it in the lofty hills of Euboea , in the cliffs of Ceos , in the marble quarries of Paros , in ...
... Hymettus , and gently sinks into the sea at Sunium . But it emerges again in the rugged and lofty crags of the Ægean Islands ; we may trace it in the lofty hills of Euboea , in the cliffs of Ceos , in the marble quarries of Paros , in ...
Page 116
... Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds , The free - born wanderer of thy mountain air ; Apollo still thy long , long summer gilds , Still in his beam Mendeli's * marbles glare ; the westward , of Cephalonia ...
... Hymettus yields ; There the blithe bee his fragrant fortress builds , The free - born wanderer of thy mountain air ; Apollo still thy long , long summer gilds , Still in his beam Mendeli's * marbles glare ; the westward , of Cephalonia ...
Page 125
... west of it , from which it was battered by Ma- homed II . Before the introduction of artillery it was deemed almost impreg- Mounts Parnes and Hymettus , and be- tween them appears Northern Greece . 125 ROUTE 1. — THE ACRO - CORINTHUS .
... west of it , from which it was battered by Ma- homed II . Before the introduction of artillery it was deemed almost impreg- Mounts Parnes and Hymettus , and be- tween them appears Northern Greece . 125 ROUTE 1. — THE ACRO - CORINTHUS .
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... Hymettus , and be- tween them appears the Parthenon upon the Acropolis of Athens . Then the island of Salamis , E. ( or E. by S. ) , and Ægina , S.E. Strabo has accurately characterised the prominent features of this view , which ...
... Hymettus , and be- tween them appears the Parthenon upon the Acropolis of Athens . Then the island of Salamis , E. ( or E. by S. ) , and Ægina , S.E. Strabo has accurately characterised the prominent features of this view , which ...
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... Hymettus , or drive in a carriage to Megara and back . If you go up Pentelicus , you see the marble quarries , and enjoy a splendid view of Marathon and all Attica . If you go up Hymettus , you have a good view of Athens , and of the ...
... Hymettus , or drive in a carriage to Megara and back . If you go up Pentelicus , you see the marble quarries , and enjoy a splendid view of Marathon and all Attica . If you go up Hymettus , you have a good view of Athens , and of the ...
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Acarnania Acropolis Agora Albanian ancient city antiquity appears architecture Argostoli ascends Athenian Athens Attica beautiful building built called castle celebrated Cephalonia Chalcis chief church citadel coast columns Constantinople Corcyra Corfu Corinth Crete crosses descends district Doric eastern English entrance Erechtheum Euboea feet fortress gate Greece Greek Gulf harbour height Hellenic hill Homer houses inhabitants Ionian Islands isthmus Italian Ithaca Joannina khan kingdom of Greece lake land lofty marble Mesolonghi miles modern monastery Mount Mount Athos mountains Nauplia nearly neighbouring northern occupied Parthenon Pasha pass Patras Pausanias Peloponnesian Peloponnesus picturesque Piræus plain population port portico present probably Propylæa remains ridge river road rock rocky Roman route ruins Santa Maura shore side situated southern stone Strabo summit tains temple theatre thence Theseus tion tower town traveller Turkish Turks valley Venetian village Vostitza walls western whence whole Zacynthus Zante
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Page 235 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone! The fire that on my bosom preys Is lone as some volcanic isle; No torch is kindled at its blaze — A funeral pile.
Page 304 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one...
Page 195 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 304 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 304 - Fill high the bowl with Samian wine! On Suli's rock, and Parga's shore, Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mothers bore; And there, perhaps, some seed is sown, The Heracleidan blood might own.
Page 116 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild ; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 304 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead ! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still?
Page 235 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Page 304 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The...
Page 304 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!