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Photograph from Alexander Wilhourne Weddell 



THE ARCH OF HADRIAN 



This arch formerly divided the ancient Greek city from the new Athens of Hadrian. The 

 three window-like openings were once filled with thin slabs of marble. Through the archway 

 are seen the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, which also dates from the time of Hadrian 

 (second century A. D.). 



Parthenon really served as a Christian 

 church longer than as a pagan temple, 

 and from it prayers have gone up to Jove, 

 to the Saviour, and to Allah. 



The portico commands a superb view 

 of the Saronic Gulf ; at every turn names 

 familiar as household words came to our 

 lips — Salamis, the Bay of Eleusis, the 

 dome-like rock of Acrocorinth, iEgina, 

 and in the distance the soft line of hills 

 marking the Peloponnesus. 



Our archeological friend, whom I had 

 thought as hardened as a hangman to all 

 about him, was so much moved that he 

 took from his clenched teeth the pipe 

 which seemed to have grown there and, 

 becoming loquacious, observed that in 

 considering Greek structures it should not 

 be forgotten that the inlook was as beau- 

 tiful as the outlook — that the Acropolis, 

 Acrocorinth, Sunium are, perhaps, as 

 beautiful to look at as to look from. 



