. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. i baskets ofbread and silver plates of cakes, young menwith great black and red vases of wine, girlsbalancing on their heads baskets of flowersand fruit. More than a thousand people followedwith gifts for Athene, — little statues of terra-cotta, dishes of gold, bronze tripods, marbletablets with carved letters, gold-embroideredhimations, necklaces of amethyst, carvedgolden bracelets set with coral. And best of all the gifts was the great robefor Athenes statue. It hung as a sail in abeautiful ship. The boat rolled on. hiddenwheels, as though the wind itself
. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. i baskets ofbread and silver plates of cakes, young menwith great black and red vases of wine, girlsbalancing on their heads baskets of flowersand fruit. More than a thousand people followedwith gifts for Athene, — little statues of terra-cotta, dishes of gold, bronze tripods, marbletablets with carved letters, gold-embroideredhimations, necklaces of amethyst, carvedgolden bracelets set with coral. And best of all the gifts was the great robefor Athenes statue. It hung as a sail in abeautiful ship. The boat rolled on. hiddenwheels, as though the wind itself carried great yellow robe of soft wool wavedgently. Athene and the giants in goldembroidery seemed to be moving in battle. Behind the robe came the proudest menin Athens, the victors in the Panathenaicgames. There was the best jumper, the 184 Men of Old Greece best disc-thrower, the fastest runner, thebest boxer, the best wrestler. The winnerin the chariot-race rode in his chariot andreined in his nervous horses. There was. GREEK CHARIOT the winner of the torch-race, with his torchstill burning. The band of youths who hadwon the war-dance walked together, withswords in hand and helmets on their procession marched between rows of and ilie Parthenon 18.) low houses. On the flat roofs stood peoplelooking down. As the animals and theirleaders and the bearers of gifts passed, thepeople on the house-tops waved their hi-mations and threw down flowers; but whenthe victors came, the men shouted, and thewomen leaned over and showered them withblossoms. The victors, the victors! they the victors looked up and smiled andcaught at the flowers. There is the beauty of youth,1 menthought, as they looked at these age, too, is beautiful. See those oldmen, with bodies well trained, still strongand straight. In their faces shine not youth,but wisdom and For the handsomest old men of Athenshad been chosen to walk behind the carried b
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