THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE" 



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A CHANCE MEETING ON THE STEPS OE THE PARTHENON 



The American sailor and soldier here pictured are both Greeks who spent most of their liv 

 America before meeting on the Acropolis, in the city of their birth. 



"And this," he continued, waxing warm, 

 "is in marked contrast to that later mani- 

 festation of genius that we call Gothic. 

 Though there may be exquisite views 

 from the pinnacles yet, how rare is it that 

 your Gothic structure has such a setting 

 as to bring out its true beauty, when seen 

 from afar." 



BEFORE THE PORCH OE THE MAIDENS 



We finally turned and began looking at 

 the Porch of the Maidens — the Caryatids. 

 These are too familiar to every one to re- 



quire any description and elaboration, but, 

 as with other Greek sculptures, are ad- 

 mired whole-heartedly. The perfection of 

 the draperies, the radiant youth animating 

 the figures, the dressing of the hair, 

 massed to give added strength to the neck, 

 are a few of the elements of loveliness. 

 Despite the latter device, however, in later 

 times, as will be seen by examining the 

 illustration on page 576, it has been neces- 

 sary to make a sort of iron frame in which 

 to support the weight of the roof. 



A dozen paces from the Erechtheum, 



