The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 47.—ROMAX BATHS AT GORTVXA. the convulsions of an earthquake, or through the shock of thefalling roof. The oleanders growing beside a little brook, the plane treeswith their deep-cut leaves and bunches of woolly balls, thetamarisks and the wild almonds form a pastoral picture whichrecalls the idylls of Theocritus. io8 PALACES OF CRETE A AW THEIR BUILDERS VIII. The Greeks are hospitable and their houses are clean, and Ifound in Crete a profusion of linen unknown in Italy. At adistance from the towns the traveller must ask the peasants for alodging,
The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 47.—ROMAX BATHS AT GORTVXA. the convulsions of an earthquake, or through the shock of thefalling roof. The oleanders growing beside a little brook, the plane treeswith their deep-cut leaves and bunches of woolly balls, thetamarisks and the wild almonds form a pastoral picture whichrecalls the idylls of Theocritus. io8 PALACES OF CRETE A AW THEIR BUILDERS VIII. The Greeks are hospitable and their houses are clean, and Ifound in Crete a profusion of linen unknown in Italy. At adistance from the towns the traveller must ask the peasants for alodging, and they always give it for the love of strangers. Thishospitality is called philoxenia. Among the pleasantest recollections of this friendly hospitalityis the house of Manoli Iliaki, at Hagii Deka. I spoke of him atthe beginning of this chapter, and now give his portrait (Fig, 48).On first entering the farmhouse one would fancy oneself in amuseum were it not for the manure heap in one corner, andbeside it the torso of an athlete, wit
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