. The rulers of the Mediterranean. ityat his own expense and giving them to the are reproductions in many ways of differentparts of the temples of the Acropolis in minia-ture. The Polytechnic is almost an exact copyof the front of the Parthenon. There is a pictureof it from a photograph given in this article, butit can supply no idea of the beauty of the modernreproduction of this temple. The lines and meas-urements are the same in degree; and the Poly-technic, besides, is colored and gilded as was theoriginal Parthenon, and for the first time makesyou understand how brilliant reds a
. The rulers of the Mediterranean. ityat his own expense and giving them to the are reproductions in many ways of differentparts of the temples of the Acropolis in minia-ture. The Polytechnic is almost an exact copyof the front of the Parthenon. There is a pictureof it from a photograph given in this article, butit can supply no idea of the beauty of the modernreproduction of this temple. The lines and meas-urements are the same in degree; and the Poly-technic, besides, is colored and gilded as was theoriginal Parthenon, and for the first time makesyou understand how brilliant reds and beautifulblues and gold and black on marble can be com-bined with the marbles purity and help ratherthan cheapen it. It is a lesson in loveliness, andis as wonderful and brilliantly beautiful a buildingas the marble and gold monument to the PrinceConsort in Hyde Park is vulgar and this copy in miniature, this working model ofthe Parthenon, moves one as it does, it can beunderstood how great must be the strength and. MODERN ATHENS 193 purity of the Parthenon, even in ruins, with itsgilt washed to a dull brown and its colors andbass-reliefs stripped from its pediment. I shallcertainly not attempt to describe it. There are very few tourists who visit Athens inproportion to those who visit far less momentousruins; thousands go to Rome and see the Colos-seum, to Egypt and view the storied walls of thegreat rude temples along the Nile, and as manymore make the tour of the English cathedraltowns ; but in Athens it is almost difficult to finda guide. There are not more than a half-dozen,I am sure, in the whole city, and the Acropolis isyours if you wish, and you are often as muchalone as though you had been the first to climbits sides. I do not mean by this that it is neg-lected, or that relic-hunters may chip at it orcarry away pieces of its handiwork, or broken bitsof the Turkish shells that have shattered it, butthe guards are unobtrusive, and you are free towander i
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