. The Burton Holmes lectures;. (JN THK ; ()!• I H li ACROPOLIS 34 THE OLYMPIAN GAMES. which upon acquaintance we soonlearn to reHsh. It is ahnost purewhite, its consistency is that ofwhipped cream, and sometimeswe are obHged, bidding defianceto table etiquette, to dip up andspread the butter with a and midday are inAthens alike in one respect : thestreets and squares are desertedat the stroke of twelve, be it b}day or night, for at noon as wellas at midnight Athens sleeps. It happy is said that save foreigners and dogs no one ever venturesout when the sun is high. Athenia

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. The Burton Holmes lectures;. (JN THK ; ()!• I H li ACROPOLIS 34 THE OLYMPIAN GAMES. which upon acquaintance we soonlearn to reHsh. It is ahnost purewhite, its consistency is that ofwhipped cream, and sometimeswe are obHged, bidding defianceto table etiquette, to dip up andspread the butter with a and midday are inAthens alike in one respect : thestreets and squares are desertedat the stroke of twelve, be it b}day or night, for at noon as wellas at midnight Athens sleeps. It happy is said that save foreigners and dogs no one ever venturesout when the sun is high. Athenian humanity, havinglunched, apparently ceases to exist until the shadows havegrown long again, until the magic light of the early eveninghas banished all that glaring ugliness which at high noondescends upon the city. For it must be said that modernAthens illuminated by the crude vertical rays of the noon-day sun is positively ugly and repellent. There is prac-tically no shade in Athens proper. Therehowever, behind the palace a lovelyroyal garden where shrubs and flowersand grass and all

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