. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. *^. THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON AND ATHENE AT SUNIUM Chapter IIITHE ENVIRONS OF ATHENS UPON the southern slope of the Acropolis,beneath the limestone precipices and thegreat golden-brown walls above which theParthenon shows its white summit, are many ruins;among them the Theater of Dionysus and theOdeum of Herodes Atticus, the rich Marathonianwho spent much of his money in the beautificationof Athens, and who taught rhetoric to two men whoeventually became Roman emperors. The Theaterof Dionysus, in which ^schylus, Sophocles, andEuripides produce

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. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. *^. THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON AND ATHENE AT SUNIUM Chapter IIITHE ENVIRONS OF ATHENS UPON the southern slope of the Acropolis,beneath the limestone precipices and thegreat golden-brown walls above which theParthenon shows its white summit, are many ruins;among them the Theater of Dionysus and theOdeum of Herodes Atticus, the rich Marathonianwho spent much of his money in the beautificationof Athens, and who taught rhetoric to two men whoeventually became Roman emperors. The Theaterof Dionysus, in which ^schylus, Sophocles, andEuripides produced their dramas, is of stone andsilver-white marble. Many of the seats are arm-chairs, and are so comfortable that it is no uncom-mon thing to see weary travelers, who have justcome down from the Acropolis, resting in them withalmost unsuitable airs of unbridled satisfaction. It is evident to any one who examines this greattheater carefully that the Greeks considered it im-portant for the body to be at ease while the mind wasat work; for not only are the

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