'THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE' 



595 



Photograph from Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 



TH^ tower of the: winds 



This octagonal structure dates from the first century B. C. Above the doorway is Skiron, 

 with a vase, and immediately to the right is Zephyr, represented as a youth shaking flowers 

 from the folds of his garments. The tower at one time served as the town clock of Athens, 

 for inside was installed an elaborate clepsydra, the water being brought from a spring on the 

 side of the Acropolis. 



