d04> TURKEY IN EUROPE. 



slygomozi ,• nyeze hizde kasiaruz borsetiglero most ; hem ytdma hize ge 

 heneme ; de churtule bizyjaramuzdan. Amen. 



The Greeks speak a modernised Greek, and in the Asiatic pro- 

 vinces the Arabic and a dialect of the Syriac is spoken. A speci- 

 men of the modern Greek follows in their Paternoster: 



Pater hemas t ofiios iso ces tos ouranous : hagiasthito to onoma sou : 

 na erti he basilia sou : to thelema sou na genetez itzon eu to ge, os is 

 ton ouranon : to filsomi hemas doze hemas semoren : k<e sichorase hemos 

 ta crimata hemon itzone, k<e hemas sichorasomen ekinous ofiou hemas- 

 adikoun : kce meu ternes hemas is to fiirasmo, alia soson hemas afio to 

 kaxo. Amen. 



Antiquities.... Almost every spot of ground, every river, and every 

 fountain in Greece, presents the traveller with the ruins of a celebrat- 

 ed antiquity. On the isthmus of Corinth, the ruins of Neptune's 

 temple, and the theatre where the Isthmian games were celebrated, 

 are still visible. Athens, which contains at present above 10,000 

 inhabitants, is a fruitful source of the most magnificent and celebrat- 

 ed antiquities in the world ; a minute account of which would exceed 

 the limits of this work ; but it will be proper to mention some of the 

 most considerable. Among the antiquities of this once superb city, 

 are the remains of the temple of Minerva, built of white marble, and 

 encompassed with forty-six fluted columns of the Doric order, forty- 

 two feet high, and seven feet and a half in circumference : the archi- 

 trave .s adorned with basso relievos, admirably executed, represent- 

 ing the wars of the Athenians. To the south-east of the Acropolis, 

 a citadel which defends the town, are seventeen beautiful columns of 

 the Corinthian order, thought to be the remains of the emperor 

 Adrian's palace. They are of fine white marble, about fifty feet 

 high, including the capitals and bases. Just without the city stands 

 the temple of Theseus, surrounded with fluted columns of the Doric 

 order ; the portico at the west end is adorned with the battle of the 

 Centaurs, in basso-relievo ; that at the east appears to be a continua- 

 tion of the same history : and on the outside of the porticoes, in the 

 spaces between the triglyphs, are represented the exploits of The- 

 seus. On the south-west of Athens is a beautiful structure, com- 

 monly called the Lantern of Demosthenes : this is a small round 

 edifice of white marble, the roof of which is supported by six fluted 

 columns of the Corinthian order, nine feet and a half high ; in the 

 space between the columns are pannels of marble ; and the whole is 

 covered with a cupola, carved with the resemblance of scales : and 

 on the frieze are beautifully represented, in relievo, the labours of 

 Hercules. Here are also to be seen the temple of the Winds, the_ 

 remains of the theatre of Bacchus, of the magnificent aqueduct of 

 the emperor Adrian, and of the temples of Jupiter Olympius and" 

 Augustus. The remains of the temple of the oracle of Apollo are 

 still visible at Castri, on the south side of Mount Parnassus ; and 

 the marble steps that descend to a pleasing running water, supposed 

 to be the renowned Castalian spring, with the niches for statues in the 

 rock, are still discernible. 



The history of the Turks will be given at the end of our account of 

 Turkey in Asia, from which country they derive their origin and ex- 

 fended their conquests into Europe. 



