Narrative of a journey through Greece in 1830 : with remarks upon the actual state of the naval and military power of the Ottoman empire . d theGreeks of the present day been versed in thehistory of their country, they might with equaljustice have supposed the suffocation of thepoor Turkish women to be a punishment in-flicted by their ancient gods, indignant at theprofanation of their temple. The Theatre ofHerodes Atticus, below the Acropolis, is a finespecimen of ancient architecture; but we couldnot see the interior, it being comprised withinthe fortifications of the citadel. The remaining a
Narrative of a journey through Greece in 1830 : with remarks upon the actual state of the naval and military power of the Ottoman empire . d theGreeks of the present day been versed in thehistory of their country, they might with equaljustice have supposed the suffocation of thepoor Turkish women to be a punishment in-flicted by their ancient gods, indignant at theprofanation of their temple. The Theatre ofHerodes Atticus, below the Acropolis, is a finespecimen of ancient architecture; but we couldnot see the interior, it being comprised withinthe fortifications of the citadel. The remaining antiquities that Mr. Gropiusshowed us were the columns forming the por-tico of the Agora, and dedicated to Augustus ;and near them, on the road-side, is a marble 272 A MAGNIFICENT T011SO. tablet Which bad hitherto been immured in ahouse, but now stands alone, and is inscribedwith numerous regulations of Hadrians, relativeto the sale of oil. Not far from this is a hand-some marble sarcophagus ; and at the door of aGreek church are two marble chairs, ornament-ed in basso-relievo, and so made as to form asemicircle when placed The fall of a house has lately disclosed a mag-nificent Torso of a Persian or Caryatides. Thefigure is that of a man nine feet high; his legs ARRIVAL OF THE BEY. 273 terminate with a fishs tail, turning up the back,and resting on the shoulders ; the head and armsare broken off, but the rest of the figure is per-fect ; and half-buried in the earth near it is a simi-lar statue, having only the head and shouldersat present visible. An excavation here wouldprobably bring some curious pieces of sculptureto light; but the trouble will be considerable, theearth having accumulated over ancient Athensto the depth of twelve feet, and in many placesnearly thirty. The houses being built withearth instead of mortar, every ruin continuesto increase the accumulation of the soil; andthe last demolition of Athens raised it morethan a foot. Whilst we were walking ro
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