Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . dated 50,000 spectators. The Choragic Monument of Lysi-krates forms a beautiful little building, resembling a smallcircular temple, and popularly known as the Lantern of Pyog-enes. The Theatre of Dionysos is the spot where the master-pieces of ^Eschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanesfirst excited delight and admiration. The Odeion of HerodesAtticus is the loftiest and most conspicuous among the ruinsat the base of the Acro-polis. Opposite lies therocky height, which bothin ancient and moderntimes has bor
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . dated 50,000 spectators. The Choragic Monument of Lysi-krates forms a beautiful little building, resembling a smallcircular temple, and popularly known as the Lantern of Pyog-enes. The Theatre of Dionysos is the spot where the master-pieces of ^Eschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanesfirst excited delight and admiration. The Odeion of HerodesAtticus is the loftiest and most conspicuous among the ruinsat the base of the Acro-polis. Opposite lies therocky height, which bothin ancient and moderntimes has borne the nameof Aeropagus. The Tower of the Winds,erroneously so called, inancient times accommod-ated a water-clock, a sun-dial and a Theseion, the templeof Theseus, is the bestpreserved edifice of thewhole of ancient Greece;not far from it is the Hill of the Pnyx, with its huge artificialplatform, and the Monument of Philopappos, whence a magni-ficent view of Athens and the Acropolis may be comprise the principal remains of antiquity which the 29. THE PORTICO OF THE CARYATIDES,ERECHTEION, ATHENS. traveler will care to examine. Modern Athens is a handsomeand regularly built town of about 85,000 inhabitants. In 1834,when the seat of government was transferred thither from Naup-lia, it had dwindled down to a poor village of about 300 houses. \* Tlle ^slanc^ °f Sicily has a most delightful cli-1 VCOOHlCA mate, which in equability is only second tothat of Madeira. The scenery is charming and its historicalassociations deeply interesting. The most ancient Hellenicand Roman traditions are connected with it; here the destiniesof Athens, Carthage and Rome have been decided and mediae-val characters as famous as Henry VI and Frederick II haveruled. There is not a nation which has materially influencedthe destinies of European civilization but has left traces of itsagency on this island. Messina is, next to Palermo, the chief commercial town ofSic
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